In order to understand and improve the degradation rate of formaldehyde, the study on the chemical structure and thermal properties of nano-titanium dioxide resin by free formaldehyde was proposed. In this research, nano-titanium dioxide was prepared by the low temperature hydrolysis method and characterized by using the scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The degradation behavior of formaldehyde was studied by using the degradation rate of formaldehyde in the container as the evaluation index. The influence of the photocatalytic coating on the degradation rate of formaldehyde under different loading conditions, different temperatures, and different humidity was investigated. The experimental results show that the formaldehyde degradation rate of the photocatalytic coating prepared by loading 5 g nano-TiO2 into a 200 g emulsion system can reach 93% under the conditions of room temperature of 25°C, humidity of 50%, and UV lamp irradiation of 120 min. Conclusion. This study is obviously better than the commercial P25 nano-titanium dioxide degradation effect of formaldehyde.
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