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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Volume 306, Issue -, Pages 133-139Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.12.013
Keywords
Titanium dioxide nanoparticle (TiO2); Carbon (C); Sol-gel methods; Photocatalyst; Disinfection
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- Chonbuk National University
- USGS [2015NE269B]
- Nebraska Water Center
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In this study, titanium dioxide nanoparticles doped with carbon (C-TiO2) were synthesized by means of sol-gel methods, and the synthesis was verified by means of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The nanoparticles' photocatalytic disinfection activity of Listeria monocytogenes was tested under UV and visible light. The observed inactivation levels for 150 min of visible light exposure with and without UV cutoff filters were 2.10 and 2.45 log, respectively. We also found that traditional reactive oxygen species had insignificant actions on C-TiO2 photocatalysts and that L. monocytogenes inactivation in the C-TiO2 system under visible light was induced in large part by the midgap states (h(mid)(+)) that was produced photochemically from the visible light response. C-TiO(2)was found to accelerate bacterial inactivation (of L. monocytogenes) in the presence of visible light Our data suggests that the C-TiO2 may be useful in the development of alternative disinfectants for environmental applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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