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July 25, 2020
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NOx removal efficiency of urban photocatalytic pavements at pilot scale

Publicated to:Science Of The Total Environment. 719 (137459): 137459- - 2020-06-01 719(137459), DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137459

Authors: Cordero, J M; Hingorani, R; Jimenez-Relinque, E; Grande, M; Borge, R; Narros, A; Castellote, M

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CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETCC) - Author
CSIC, Inst Construct Sci Eduardo Torroja IETcc, Serrano Galvache 4, Madrid 28033, Spain - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
UPM, Jose Gutierrez Abascal 2, Madrid 28006, Spain - Author

Abstract

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Photocatalytic technology implemented in construction materials is a promising solution to contribute to alleviate air quality issues found in big cities. Photocatalysis has been proved able to mineralise most harmful contaminants. However, important problems associated with monitoring the efficiency of these solutions under real conditions still remain, including the lack of affordable analytical tools to measure NOx concentrations with enough accuracy. In this work, two pilot scale demonstration platforms were built at two different locations to assess the photocatalytic NOX removal efficiency of ten selected materials exposed outdoors for AQmesh low-cost sensor PODs were used to measure ground-level to measure NO and NO2 concentrations during nearly one year. The pollutant removal efficiency of the materials was then calculated based on a comparison with simultaneously concentration measurements carried-out on reference, non-active materials. It was found that the NO2 removal efficiency presented large variations across the seasons, with maxima during the warmer months, while NO efficiencies were comparatively steadier. Statistical analysis delivered evidence that the efficiencies significantly depend on different meteorological variables (irradiance and relative humidity) besides NO, NO2 ambient concentrations. Lower efficiencies were observed for higher concentration levels and vice versa. The influence of water vapour could be related to two different effects: a short-term contribution by the instantaneous air humidity and a long-term component associated with the hygroscopic state of the material. The contribution of wind to the pollutant removal efficiencies was principally related to the humidity of air masses moving above the location and to the advection of pollutants from specific emission sources.

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air qualityconstruction materialsenvironmental variablesheterogeneous photocatalysismachine learningAir qualityConstruction materialsEnvironmental variablesHeterogeneous photocatalysisMachine learningNo removal efficiency xNo(x) removal efficiency

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Science Of The Total Environment due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2020, it was in position 25/274, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Environmental Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 1.17. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 3.37 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-09, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 31
  • Scopus: 32
  • Europe PMC: 2
  • Google Scholar: 37

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-09:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 62.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 63 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 7.
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CORDERO DÍAZ, JOSÉ MARÍA) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been CORDERO DÍAZ, JOSÉ MARÍA.