The aim of the meeting is to present recent achievements in the photocatalytic fields: fundamentals, applications and standardized test methods. During the meeting representatives and experts from COST Action 540 European countries gave brief survey about actual situation, regarding photocatalytic applications and testing towards industrial applications in their countries.
PROGRAMME OF THE MEETING| 10:00 - 10:20 | Welcoming coffee |
| 10:20 - 10:25 | Opening of the meeting |
| 10:25 - 10:45 | Introductory remarks and Session chair
Detlef BAHNEMANN, Chairman of Cost 540, Germany |
| 10:45 - 12:45 |
The influence of rapid heat treatment on the photocatalytic activity of titania photocatalysis
Zsolt PAP, Faculty of chemistry and chemical engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Long term experience in application of photocatalytic antibacterial coatings to breweries Tapio MANTYLA, J. LAAKSO, E. LEVÄNEN (Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland) and O. PRIHAAND, E. STORGARDS (Technical Research Centre of Finland, Espoo, Finland) Synthesis and structural characteristics of nitrogen doped TiO2 aerogels Mihaela POPA, D. MACOVEI, E. INDREA, I.C. POPESCU, V. DANCIU, Babes – Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Does N-doping of TiO2 by low temperature synthesis actually enhance its photoactivity in the visible spectral range? S. LACOMBE, T. PIGOT, C. CANTAU, J.C. DUPIN, CNRS Université de Pau et Pays de l’Adour, France |
| 12:45 - 14:00 | Lunch
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| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Ultra-hight efficiency for solar photon conversion : How to achieve it?
Luc BROHAN, Institut des Matériaux Jean Rouxel, Nantes University, Nantes, France Solar photocatalytic processes for water disinfection Pilar FERNÁNDEZ-IBÁNEZ, Plataforma Solar de Almería – CIEMAT Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, Spain Development of modified TiO2/glass composites for NOx oxidation Christos TRAPALIS, N. TODOROVA, R. DILLERT, D. BAHNEMANN, Institute of Materials Science, NCSR Demokritos, Attikis, Greece First principles modeling of bandgap structures in compound Zn-Ti oxide photocatalysts Jose C. CONESA, Instituto de Catalisis y Petroleoquimica, CSIC Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain Effect of the crystal structure of nanometre TiO2 films on their photocatalytic activity Marja-Leena KÄÄRIÄINEN, David CAMERON, ASTRaL, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Mikkeli, Finland |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee Break
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| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Self-cleaning of textiles and cement plates, photo-sterilization through N-doped of TiO2 under visible light and DC-magneton-sputtering preparation of bactericide catalysts
John KIWI, Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Swiss Photocatalytic textile with optical fibers for VOC removal Chantal GUILLARD, IRCELYON, UMR CNRS-Université Lyon-1, France Some topics of photocatalysis community in Japan Koji TAKEUCHI, Research Institute for Environmental Management Technology (Emtech) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Japan Eco-coating project: An investigation of the photocatalytical activity by in situ measurements Laurence PEPIN, TERA Environnement, Crolles, France AXELERA - Competitive Cluster Chemistry & Environment Philippe LE THUAUT, AXELERA, France |
| 18:15 | Visit of Grenoble museum
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| 20:00 | Dinner
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| 9:00 - 10:30 |
Normacat project: Development of new materials and systems for "photocatalytic" air treatment. Standardization of methods for characterization and performance tests
Pascal KALUZNY, TERA Environnement, France, Chairman of CEN – TC 386 for Photocatalysis Flow through reactor for gas/solid standardization tests Claudio MINERO, Universita di Torino, Torino, Italy Overview of the AFNOR standard for air purifiers device Benoît KARTHEUSER, Centre de Ressources TEchnologique en CHimie (CERTECH), Belgium |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break
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| 11:00 - 12:30 |
Photocatalytic (nano) standardization and testing methods. Effort within COST 540 overview. Novel photocatalytic material - brake through info
Frantisek PETERKA, J. JIRKOVSKY, P. STAHEL, Z. NAVRATIL, Research Centre for Nanosurface Engineering (NANOPIN), Czech Republic Recent achievements in test methods of photocatalytic surfaces in Slovenia Urska LAVRENCIC-STANGAR, U. CERNIGOJ, M. KETE, M. TASBIHI, U. ZVAB (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia) and A. SEVER SKAPIN, V. DUCMAN (Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia) Recent R&D efforts on photocatalytic products at the BRRC in Belgium Elia BOONEN, Anne BEELDENS, Belgian Road Research Centre, Belgium |
| 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch
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| 13:45 - 15:45 |
Investigation of toulene & n-decane photocatalytic oxidation at typical indoor air levels (50-800 ppb)
F. THEVENET, O. DEBONO, V. HEQUET, C. RAILLARD, L. LECOQ, N. LOCOGE, Ecole des Mines de Douai, Nantes, France EOXO2LIT as novel photocatalyst nanomaterial composite application and methods to prove its unique performance Marc LAMBERT, S. LAMBERT, J. (Eoxolit, Brussels, Belgium) and JIRKOVSKY, J. SUBRT, V. KALOUSEK (NANOPIN, Czech Republic) Recent R&D efforts on photocatalytic products in Germany Ralf DILLERT, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität, Hannover, Germany Development of portable instruments for testing of photocatalytic materials according ISO/CEN proposed tests Zdenek NAVRATIL and Pavel STAHEL, Advex Instruments s.r.o. (spin-off company of Masaryk University), Brno, Czech Republic |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Conclusion of the meeting
Detlef BAHNEMANN, Chairman of Cost 540, Germany |