Enhanced bacterial disinfection by CuI-BiOI/rGO hydrogel under visible light irradiation.
RSC Adv
; 11(33): 20446-20456, 2021 Jun 03.
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Compared with traditional layered graphene, graphene hydrogels have been used to construct highly efficient visible light-excited photocatalysts due to their particular three-dimensional network structure and efficient electron transport capacity. In this work, CuI-BiOI/rGO hydrogel with excellent photocatalytic antibacterial activity was prepared and its activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus was evaluated. The result indicates that CuI-BiOI/rGO hydrogel exhibits superior sterilization performance and higher stability than CuI-BiOI and BiOI/rGO, and could completely kill Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus within 40 min. However, only a small amount of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus can be inactivated by CuI-BiOI and BiOI/rGO hydrogels. Graphene hydrogel plays a significant part in enhancing the disinfection activity of CuI-BiOI/rGO hydrogel. Furthermore, the synergistic effect between CuI of p-type semiconductors, as a hole transport layer, and graphene hydrogel greatly increases the separation and transfer efficiency of photogenerated electron holes excited by BiOI, and further improves the disinfection activity of CuI-BiOI/rGO hydrogel.
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