Applications of Photocatalytic Disinfection
By Joanne Gamage, Zisheng Zhang. 2010
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Due to the superior ability of photocatalysis to inactivate a wide range of harmful microorganisms, it is being examined as a viable alternative to traditional disinfection methods such as chlorination, which can produce harmful byproducts. Photocatalysis is a versatile and effective process that can be adapted for use in many applications for disinfection in both air and water matrices. Additionally, photocatalytic surfaces are being developed and tested for use in the context of “self-disinfecting” materials. Studies on the photocatalytic technique for disinfection demonstrate this process to have potential for widespread applications in indoor air and environmental health, biological, and medical applications, laboratory and hospital applications, pharmaceutical and food industry, plant protection applications, wastewater and effluents treatment, and drinking water disinfection. Studies on photocatalytic disinfection using a variety of techniques and test organisms are reviewed, with an emphasis on the end-use application of developed technologies and methods.
Subfields: Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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- Antibacterial Activity of TiO2 Photocatalyst Alone or in Coatings on E. coli: The Influence of Methodological Aspects (2014, background): “A substantial amount of literature has been published on the effect of photocatalytic TiO2 nanoparticles on microorganisms [31–34].”
- Modified TiO 2 based photocatalysts for improved air and health quality (2017, background): “Many different bacterial species show high inactivation rates on TiO2 coated surface in air, making photo-catalysis a sufficient technique for the purification of indoor environment [60].”