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SUBMITTER: Luna M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5869668 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) 20180320 3
The high pollution levels in our cities are producing a significant increase of dust on buildings. An application of photoactive coatings on building materials can produce buildings with self-cleaning surfaces. In this study, we have developed a simple sol-gel route for producing Au-TiO₂/SiO₂ photocatalysts with application on buildings. The gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) improved the TiO₂ photoactivity under solar radiation because they promoted absorption in the visible range. We varied the conten ...[more]