Application of ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs) for water disinfection: A review

K Song, M Mohseni, F Taghipour - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection is an effective technology for the inactivation of pathogens in
water and is of growing interest for industrial application. A new UV source—ultraviolet light …

Antimicrobial activity of photocatalysts: fundamentals, mechanisms, kinetics and recent advances

P Ganguly, C Byrne, A Breen, SC Pillai - Applied Catalysis B …, 2018 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis has recently been emerged as an effective green solution for antimicrobial
disinfection applications. Photocatalytic disinfection has been observed to be efficient in …

Photocatalytic materials and technologies for air purification

H Ren, P Koshy, WF Chen, S Qi, CC Sorrell - Journal of hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
Since there is increasing concern for the impact of air quality on human health, the present
work surveys the materials and technologies for air purification using photocatalytic …

Critical review of photocatalytic disinfection of bacteria: from noble metals-and carbon nanomaterials-TiO2 composites to challenges of water characteristics and …

J He, A Kumar, M Khan, IMC Lo - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
This critical review covers ways to improve TiO 2-based photocatalysts, how water
characteristics may affect photocatalytic disinfection, and strategies to tackle the challenges …

An approach to the photocatalytic mechanism in the TiO2-nanomaterials microorganism interface for the control of infectious processes

V Rodríguez-González, S Obregón… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
The approach of this timely review considers the current literature that is focused on the
interface nanostructure/cell-wall microorganism to understand the annihilation mechanism …

Size-dependent bacterial growth inhibition and mechanism of antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles

KR Raghupathi, RT Koodali, AC Manna - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
The antibacterial properties of zinc oxide nanoparticles were investigated using both Gram-
positive and Gram-negative microorganisms. These studies demonstrate that ZnO …

A surface science perspective on TiO2 photocatalysis

MA Henderson - Surface Science Reports, 2011 - Elsevier
The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

Photocatalytic disinfection using titanium dioxide: spectrum and mechanism of antimicrobial activity

HA Foster, IB Ditta, S Varghese, A Steele - Applied microbiology and …, 2011 - Springer
The photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide are well known and have many applications
including the removal of organic contaminants and production of self-cleaning glass. There …

Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: recent overview and trends

S Malato, P Fernández-Ibáñez, MI Maldonado… - Catalysis today, 2009 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a tremendous amount of research and development in the
area of photocatalysis (heterogeneous and homogeneous), a process included in a special …

[HTML][HTML] Controllable synthesis of ZnO nanoparticles and their morphology-dependent antibacterial and optical properties

N Talebian, SM Amininezhad, M Doudi - Journal of Photochemistry and …, 2013 - Elsevier
ZnO materials with different morphologies have been synthesized via a simple solvothermal
method using different solvents without any catalysts, templates or surfactants. The ZnO …