Facile fabrication of Ag/C-TiO 2 nanoparticles with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity for disinfection of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis

• Main Authors: Zhang, Li, Han, Mandi, Tan, Ooi Kiang, Tse, Man Siu, Wang, Yu Xi, Sze, Chun Chau
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Escherichia coli; Photocatalytic disinfections
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83850; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41480
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work aimed to investigate the promotive effect of Ag modification on C-TiO2 for visible light photocatalytic disinfection of microorganisms. Ag/C-TiO2 was prepared by a facile one-step synthesis approach through thermal oxidation of AgNO3-impregnated TiC precursor. The self-doped carbon exists...