Fabrication of CuO/BiVO₄ composites for enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic antibacterial activity.

ABSTRACT: In recent years, photocatalytic antibacterial technology has attracted wide attention due to its advantages of broad-spectrum antibacterial activity, high stability, safety and non-toxicity. Bismuth vanadate (BiVO₄) reveals a strong response to visible light, however, the photocatalytic activity of pure BiVO₄ remains unsatisfactory. In the present work, CuO/BiVO₄ composites were successfully constructed, and the photocatalytic performance and antibacterial mechanism were systematically studied. The antibacterial results confirmed that the CuO/BiVO₄ composites exhibited enhanced photocatalytic antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli (E. coli). With the CuO addition of 12.5%, the CuO/BiVO₄ composites presented super

SUBMITTER: Zhao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12625661 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature