Study on Engineering Application and Degradation Efficiency of Nanoscaled TiO2 Used as Photocatalytic Fog Sealing

There exists a great difference of the photocatalytic degradation efficiency between nanoscaled TiO2 modified-emulsified asphalt applied as the fog sealing under the indoor and outdoor environment. Much efforts have been made by many investigators to study this issue. However, most of them focus on the ideal condition, ignoring the degradation efficiency examination of TiO2 in the actual engineering practice. A series of field tests are carried out, accompanied with laboratory experiments, to analyze and consequently compare the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of nanoscaled TiO2 in the indoor and outdoor conditions, respectively. Regression analysis was employed to investigate the influence factors of degradation efficiency, by which formula of function of factors influencing degradation efficiency and degradation efficiency deviation equation are obtained. The results show that when the degradation efficiency of NO2 in the laboratory test is as high as 63%, the degradation efficiency affected by the environmental factors is only 25% in the actual engineering practice. Based on the measurement data, detection indicators and criteria can be provided, which is of great significance in the establishment of the construction quality control system.

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The study investigates the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of nanoscaled TiO2 in indoor and outdoor conditions through field tests and laboratory experiments, resulting in formulation of equations to analyze factors influencing degradation efficiency. The research shows that environmental factors only account for 25% of the degradation efficiency in actual engineering practices compared to the 63% in laboratory tests.