Photo-induced hydrophilicity of microsized-TiO2 based self-cleaning cement

•Activated dolomite to enhance the photocatalytic activity of microsized-TiO2 based self-cleaning cement.•Comparison of photo-induced hydrophylicity.•Verification of self-cleaning performance. The present work deals with the assessment of self-cleaning performance of microsized-TiO2 based self-clean...

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Published inMaterials letters Vol. 260; p. 126888
Main Authors Saini, Anil, Arora, Isha, Ratan, Jatinder Kumar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2020
Elsevier BV
Subjects
Cement
Ceramics
Cleaning
Composite materials
Contact angle
Decoloring
Functional
Hydrophilicity
Materials science
Microsized-TiO2
Photo-induced hydrophilicity
Rhodamine
Self-cleaning cement
Titanium dioxide
Washers & dryers
Functional
Photo-induced hydrophilicity
Composite materials
Ceramics
Microsized-TiO2
Self-cleaning cement
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Summary:•Activated dolomite to enhance the photocatalytic activity of microsized-TiO2 based self-cleaning cement.•Comparison of photo-induced hydrophylicity.•Verification of self-cleaning performance. The present work deals with the assessment of self-cleaning performance of microsized-TiO2 based self-cleaning cement in terms of photon-induced hydrophilicity. Photo-induced hydrophilicity of the cement samples was determined through water contact angle measurements. Further, the self-cleaning performance of the cement was verified by staining Rhodamine B (RhB) dye on the surface of the cement and observing its decoloration in the presence of sunlight.
ISSN:0167-577X
1873-4979
DOI:10.1016/j.matlet.2019.126888