Construction of a g-C₃N₄/Bi(OH)₃ Heterojunction for the Enhancement of Visible Light Photocatalytic Antibacterial Activity.

ABSTRACT: Photocatalytic technology has been recently conducted to remove microbial contamination due to its unique features of nontoxic by-products, low cost, negligible microbial resistance and broad-spectrum elimination capacity. Herein, a novel two dimensional (2D) g-C₃N₄/Bi(OH)₃ (CNB) heterojunction was fabricated byincorporating Bi(OH)₃ (BOH) nanoparticles with g-C₃N₄ (CN) nanosheets. This CNB heterojunction exhibited high photocatalytic antibacterial efficiency (99.3%) against Escherichia coli (E. coli) under visible light irradiation, which was 4.3 and 3.4 times that of BOH (23.0%) and CN (28.0%), respectively. The increase in specific surface area, ultra-thin layered structure, construction of a heterojunction a

SUBMITTER: Feng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10856445 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature