Self-cleaning and air purification performance of Portland cement paste with low dosages of nanodispersed TiO2 coatings

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Abstract

The strong agglomeration potential and poor re-dispersibility of nano TiO2 particles in powder form seriously affect the depollution and self-cleaning performances. The nano TiO2 particles in hydrosol form can be stably dispersed in aqueous solution, but the synthetic temperature influences the crystal pattern, stability, and hydrodynamic diameter of nano TiO2 particles. In this study, a stable and nano dispersed anatase TiO2 hydrosol is synthesized by hydrolysis of titanium isopropoxide, and the effects of synthetic temperature on physicochemical properties and stability of TiO2 hydrosol are discussed. The photocatalytic and self-cleaning performances of synthetic TiO2 hydrosol coating are characterized by the colour change rate of Rhodamine B and NOx conversion UV irradiation. Compared with a commercial nano TiO2 powder (Degussa P-25), the TiO2 hydrosol coating with very low dosages shows better photocatalytic and self-cleaning performances under the same experimental conditions.
Original languageEnglish
Article number120558
Number of pages8
JournalConstruction and Building Materials
Volume263
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2020

Funding

The authors appreciate the financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 1706222 , No. 51708108 ), the China Scholarship Council (No. 201806090146 ), and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). The authors gratefully acknowledge M.Sc. Bin Meng (Building Performance group of TU/e) for his help in processing self-cleaning performance characterization data, and Prof. Albert Schenning and M.Sc. Xinglong Pan (Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials & Devices group of TU/e) for their support and suggestions in the spectrum analysis discussion.

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China51708108, 1706222
Eindhoven University of Technology
China Scholarship Council201806090146

    Keywords

    • Air purification performance
    • Portland cementitious materials
    • Self-cleaning coatings
    • Synthetic temperature
    • TiO hydrosol

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