Visible-light-driven photocatalytic bacterial inactivation and the mechanism of zinc oxysulfide under LED light irradiation

• DOI: 10.1039/c5ta08044d
• Publication Date: 2015-11-30T16:02:17Z
• Authors: Dan Wu; Wei Wang; Tsz Wai Ng; Guocheng Huang; Dehua Xia; Ho Yin Yip; Hung Kay Lee; Guiying Li; Taicheng An; Po Keung Wong
• Keywords: Visible spectrum

Zinc oxysulfide (ZnO_0.6S_0.4) nanoparticles were prepared and used as an effective visible-light-driven (VLD) photocatalyst for the inactivation of <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> K-12 first time.