2nd meeting of Working Group 2

PHOTOCATALYTICAL APPLICATIONS, STANDARDIZATION AND TESTING METHODS

Hotel Vltava, Rez u Prahy, Czech Republic, 19-20 April 2007



pdf version of Final programFINAL PROGRAMME

Thursday, April 19, 2007


8:30 - 8:40 Opening Addresses

8:40 - 9:00 Introduction of COST 540 Program and Its Goals
Frantisek PETERKA, Research Centre for Nanosurface Engineering - NANOPIN, Czech Republic

9:00 - 10:30 Photocatalytic Technologies, Commercial Products and Related Testing Methods in COST 540 European Countries. State of Art, Problems and Outlook to Future
Reports by representatives and experts from COST 540 countries - 1st Part

Photocatalytic Materials and Applications in Austria
Günther RUPPRECHTER, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

Survey of Belgium‘s Activity on Photocatalysis
Benoît KARTHEUSER, CEntre de Ressources TEchnologique en CHimie (CERTECH), Belgium

Photocatalytic Technologies and Expertise, Commercial Products and Activities Related to Testing Methods. Situation in Spain
Jose Carlos CONESA, Inst. de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (CSIC), Madrid, Spain

Photocatalytic Companies in Germany
Ralf DILLERT, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Germany

Recent Photocatalytic R&D Activities in Slovenia
Andrijana Sever SKAPIN, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Photocatalytic Research and Applications in Greece
Christos TRAPALIS, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR Demokritos, Attikis, Greece

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 13:00 Photocatalytic Technologies, Commercial Products and Related Testing Methods in COST 540 European Countries. State of Art, Problems and Outlook to Future
Reports by representatives and experts from COST 540 countries - 2nd Part

Review of Research in the Republic of Ireland on Photocatalytic Materials
John COLREAVY, Centre for Research in Engineering Surface Technology (CREST), Dublin, Ireland

Standardization: The Needs
Claudio MINERO, Universita di Torino, Torino, Italy

Standardization – Photocatalytic Research in Finland
Tapio MÄNTYLÄ, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

Photocatalytic Research and Technologies in Portugal
Carlos José TAVARES, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

Photocatalysis in Poland
Beata TRYBA, Szczecin University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

Characterisation and Photocatalytic Activity of Some Undoped and Doped TiO2 Materials
Florin Dan VASILIU, National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest–Magurele, Romania

Modification of TiO2 Following Exposure to Laser Sources
Cathy MCCULLAGH, The Robert Gordon University, UK

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 State of Art of Photocatalytic Applications in Japan
Shigekazu KATO, vice chairman of International Committee of Photocatalysis Industrial Association Japan

14:30 - 15:00 Status of ISO Standardization in Photocatalytic Field Initiated by Japan
Koji TAKEUCHI, Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology (Emtech), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) Tsukuba, Japan

15:00 - 15:30 Current Status on Photocatalytic Application and Testing Methods in Taiwan
Antony Shiaw-Tseh CHIANG, president of Taiwan Photocatalyst Industry Association, Taiwan

15:30 - 16:00 Standardization as Tool to Diffuse Research Results and to Promote Innovation in Europe – Introduction of CEN, CEN/STAR, ISO-CEN Relation
Gérard RIVIERE, President of CEN/STAR

16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 - 16:50 Development of Test Methods for Photocatalytic Air Purification Materials as JIS and ISO Standardization Activity
Koji TAKEUCHI, Convenor, ISO/TC 206/WG 33&37, Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology (Emtech), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) Tsukuba, Japan

16:50 - 17:10 Development of ISO Standard for Self Cleaning of Photocatalytic Materials
Tatsuya IMURA, chairman of Standardization Committee of Photocatalysis Industrial Association Japan

17:10 - 17:30 Introduction of Evaluation System Designed for ISO Self Cleaning Method, Practical Demonstration
Pavel STAHEL, Advex Instruments s.r.o., spin-off company of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

19:00 Dinner


Friday, April 20, 2007


8:30 - 9:00 Information about CEN System and Possibility to Propose CEN Photocatalytic Standards, Harmonizing CEN with ISO
Gérard RIVIERE, President of CEN/STAR

9:00 - 9:20 Photodegradation of Methylene Blue in Water: A Standard Method to Determine the Activity of Photocatalytic Coatings?
Ralf DILLERT, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Germany

9:20 - 9:40 Fundamental Approach to Photoactivity Tests
Jaromir JIRKOVSKY, J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry AS CR, NANOPIN, Czech Republic

9:40 - 10:00 Testing Methods for Determination of Anti-Bacterial Activities of Different Coatings
Martina BERGANT, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia

10:00 - 10:20 Strain Analysis of Photocatalytic TiO2 Thin Films on Polymer Substrates
Carlos José TAVARES, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

10:20 - 10:40 Photocatalysis of NOx Using Paint Films
Adelio MENDES, University of Porto, Portugal

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:20 A complementary Approach for Photocatalytic Testing ? Na-induced Changes in Photoluminescence of TiO2-Based Materials
Alexander RISS, Institute of Materials Chemistry, Wien, Austria

11:20 - 11:40 Experience and Capabilities of the PSA Pilot Plant Testing
Pilar FERNÁNDEZ-IBÁNEZ, Plataforma Solar de Almería – CIEMAT, Spain

11:40 - 12:00 Photocatalytic Applications in the Textile and Construction Fields
John KIWI, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland

12:00 - 13:00 Panel discussion. Meeting conclusion.

13:10 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 15:30 Optional program - Excursion to Research Institutes Rez


SEE system

Evaluation device for proposed ISO standard testing method of self cleaning performance of semiconducting photocatalytic materials based on Surface Energy Evaluation System (SEES) designed by Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic. SEES is portable instrument for quick and easy contact angle measurement and surface energy calculation. For the proposed ISO standard method the SEES was modified in cooperation with the experts working in the photocatalytic field from the Czech Research Centre for Nanosurface Engineering - NANOPIN (www.nanopin.cz). Device will be commercialy available in the second half of 2007.