Nanocrystal Cu2O-loaded TiO2 nanotube array films as high-performance visible-light bactericidal photocatalyst

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1201-1207

  Zhang, Shengsen ^a,b   Liu, Chang ^a   Liu, Xiaolu ^a   Zhang, Haimin ^a   Liu, Porun ^a   Zhang, Shanqing ^a   Peng, Feng ^b   Zhao, Huijun ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bactericidal photocatalyst; Cu2O; TiO2 nanotube; Visible light

Indexed keywords

COLONY FORMING UNITS; DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION; E. COLI; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; OH RADICAL; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; TIO; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICALS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER;

COPPER OXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COPPER; CUPROUS OXIDE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXIDE; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COPPER COMPOUND; FILM; FULLERENE; IRRADIANCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NANOCATALYST; NONHUMAN; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREE RADICALS; HYDROXIDES; LIGHT; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84871039407     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-012-4233-7     Document Type: Article

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