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Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

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tThree photocatalyst inks based on the redox dyes, Resazurin (Rz), Basic Blue 66 (BB66) and Acid Violet 7(AV7), are used to assess the photocatalytic activities of a variety of different materials, such as commercial paint, tiles and glass and laboratory made samples of sol–gel coated glass and paint, which collectively exhibit a wide range of activities that cannot currently be probed by any one of the existing ISO tests.Unlike the ISO tests, the ink tests are fast (typicallymin), simple to employ and inexpensive. Previous work indicates that the Rz ink test at least correlates linearly with other photocatalytic tests such as thephotomineralisation of stearic acid. The average time to bleach 90% of the key RGB colour componentof the ink, red for Rz and BB66 inks and green for AV7 ink, is determined, ttb(90), for eight samples ofeach of the different materials tested. Five laboratories conducted the tests and the results revealed an average repeatability and reproducibility of: ca. 11% and ca 21%, respectively, which compare well with those reported for the current ISO tests. Additional work on commercial self-cleaning glass using an Rzink showed that the change in the red component of the RGB image of the ink correlated linearly with that of the change of absorbance at 608 nm, as measured using UV/vis spectroscopy, and the change in the a* component of the Lab colour analysis of the ink, as measured using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.As a consequence, all three methods generate the same ttb(90). The advantages of the RGB digital image analysis method are discussed briefly.

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10.21427/11fe-eh46

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EU

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