Quantification of hydroxyl radicals on cementitious materials by fluorescence spectrophotometry as a method to assess the photocatalytic activity
Quantification of hydroxyl radicals on cementitious materials by fluorescence spectrophotometry as a method to assess the photocatalytic activity
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cemconres.2015.04.011
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发表时间:
2015-08
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
E. Jiménez-Relinque;M. Castellote
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作者:
E. Jiménez-Relinque;M. Castellote
The production of hydroxyl radicals (OHradical dot) by several photocatalytic cementitious materials was quantified by an adaptation of Terephthalic acid (TA) as probe method for fluorescence spectrometry (TA-FL method) for construction materials. Six different materials were evaluated for OHradical dotusing the method developed, and the photocatalytic activity was compared with the NOxdegradation rate, obtaining a positive relationship between both parameters even though the rate of NOxdegradation was significantly larger than that of the OHradical dotdetected. The difference could not be attributed exclusively to the contribution ofradical dotO2−. Thus, it has been postulated that most of the NOxdegradation takes place through the holes, trapped in the surface of the photocatalyst, in equilibrium with OHradical dotin the bulk solution, which still makes the quantification of OHradical dotas an effective indicator of the photocatalytic performance of cementitious materials.