Photocatalytic coating for indoor air purification: Synergetic effect of photocatalyst dosage and silica modification

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 306, Issue , 2016, Pages 942-952

  Lorencik, S ^a,b   Yu, Q L ^a   Brouwers, H J H ^a,c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MATERIALS INNOVATION INSTITUTE M2I   (Netherlands)

^c Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon doped titanium dioxide; Indoor air quality; Nano silica; Photocatalytic coating; Reaction rate; Reactive uptake coefficient

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; AIR QUALITY; COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OXIDES; REACTION RATES; SILICA; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON-DOPED TITANIUM DIOXIDE; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; NANO SILICA; PHOTOCATALYTIC COATING; UPTAKE COEFFICIENTS;

AIR PURIFICATION;

EID: 84982179855     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.07.093     Document Type: Article

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