Correlation of Photocatalytic Bactericidal Effect and Organic Matter Degradation of TiO2 Part I: Observation of Phenomena
Correlation of Photocatalytic Bactericidal Effect and Organic Matter Degradation of TiO2 Part I: Observation of Phenomena
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TiO2光催化杀菌效果与有机物降解的相关性第一部分:现象观察
DOI:
10.1021/es802499t
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发表时间:
2009-02-15
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
Zhang, Yinping
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作者:
Chen, Fengna;Yang, Xudong;Zhang, Yinping
This study aims to investigate the correlation of the photocatalytic oxidation effect of decomposing organic matter and inactivating bacteria using two different TiO2 materials: a Degussa P25 powder film and a commercial TiO2 thin film. The destructed organic matter was formaldehyde and the test bacterium was E. coli (JM 109 strain). The decomposition tests and the bactericidal tests were carried out in a plate reactor and on the TiO2 surface, respectively. Observations indicate that there exists an apparent correlation between the two photocatalytic processes of decomposing formaldehyde and inactivating E. coli. However, it is essential to distinguish the exact driver for microbe inactivation, in which both UV light irradiation and reactive oxygen species reaction are direct factors of disinfection, and for organic matter, in which only reactive oxygen species reaction contributes to degradation. Observations from this study would make it possible to use analogy as a potential method to evaluate the antimicrobial effect based on the organic compound. degradation effect, whereby the latter is much easier to measure quantitatively.