Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1098-1104

  Liu, Chong ^a   Kong, Desheng ^a   Hsu, Po Chun ^a   Yuan, Hongtao ^a   Lee, Hyun Wook ^a   Liu, Yayuan ^a   Wang, Haotian ^b   Wang, Shuang ^a   Yan, Kai ^a   Lin, Dingchang ^a   Maraccini, Peter A ^a   Parker, Kimberly M ^a   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a   Cui, Yi ^a,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; WATER DISINFECTIONS; WATER PURIFICATION;

LIGHT;

COPPER; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; NANOFILM; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DISULFIDE; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INACTIVATION; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SUNLIGHT; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROBIOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; COPPER; DISINFECTION; DISULFIDES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GOLD; LIGHT; MOLYBDENUM; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84982176780     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.138     Document Type: Article

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