@conference {2563,
	title = {Experimental Investigation on the Composition, Mechanical Strength and Self- Cleaning Ability of Photocatalytic Mortars},
	journal = {International Conference on Engineering-ICEUBI},
	year = {2015},
	note = {
Azevedo, N.; Miraldo, S.; Abdollahnejad, Z.; Pacheco-Torgal, F.; Aguiar, J.B.. 2015. "Experimental investigation on the composition, mechanical strength and self-cleaning ability of photocatalytic mortars", Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering, Covilh{\~a}, Portugal. p.1236-1243
},
	month = {2015-12-02 00:00:00},
	pages = {1236-1243},
	publisher = {Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade da Beira Interior},
	address = {Covilh{\~a}},
	abstract = {
The self-cleaning ability of photocatalytic cement-based materials has the potential to preserve the esthetic appearance of building facades over time thus reducing cleaning costs. In the present work , the joint effect of several factors on the mechanical strength and self-cleaning ability of photocatalytic mortars was studied. For this purpose, four different mortar mixes containing two binder/sand ratios (1:3 and 1:4) were analyzed. Two mixes containing only Portland cement and the other two possessing 50\% Portland cement and 50\% aerial lime. For each mix, four different compositions were manufactured, each one with a different titanium dioxide-TiO2 content (0\%, 2\%, 4\% and 6\%). The results show that w/b increases with TiO2 which, in turn, leads to lower mechanical strength. Results also show that the mixes with 2\% TiO2 had the highest self-cleaning effect.
},
	keywords = {aerial lime, Photocatalytic mortars, Portland cement, self-cleaning ability},
	isbn = {2183-9891},
	issn = { 978-989-654-260-3},
	url = {http://iceubi2015.ubi.pt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ICEUBI2015_atas_final.pdf},
	author = {Azevedo, N. and Miraldo, S. and Abdollahnejad, Z. and Pacheco-Torgal, F. and Aguiar, J. B.}
}