Table 2.1 List different semiconductor based photocatalysts employed for bacterial inactivation
under different light sources
Photocatalysts
Pathogen
Light source
Reference
TiO 2
E. coli
UV
Wei et al.
(1994)
TiO 2 film
G. Lamblia
UV
Lee et al.
(2004)
Fe
3+ doped TiO 2
E. coli
UV
Trapalis
et al. (2003)
Sn
4+ doped TiO 2
thin films
E. coli and S. aureus
UV
Sayılkan
et al. (2009)
TiO 2 À x À 3y N 2y
film
P. Aeruginosa
Sun light and room
light
Raut et al.
(2012)
TiO 2 - RGO
E. coli
Sunlight
Akhavan
and Ghaderi
(2009)
P-25 TiO 2 -RGO
composite
electrodes
E. coli, P. Aeruginosa
Simulated light
Yin et al.
(2013)
Au-TiO 2
p25-RGO
composite
Fungal cells
Simulated sun light
He et al.
(2013)
C-doped TiO 2
S. aureus, Shigella flexneri, and
Acinetobacter baumannii
Visible light
Cheng et al.
(2009)
ZnO nanofluid
E. coli
UV light
Zhang et al.
(2008)
ZnO-PVC film
E. coli and S. aureus
UV light
Li et al.
(2009)
ZnO nanoparticle
suspension
Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria
monocytogenes ATCL3C 7644
and Botrytis cinerea
Visible light
Kairyte et al.
(2013)
ZnO/SnO 2
nanocomposite
thin films
E. coli, ATCC 25922
UV light
Talebian
et al. (2011)
ZnO-GO
composite
Escherichia coli K-12
Visible light
Wu et al.
(2015)
Sulphonated
GO-ZnO-Ag
E. coli
Visible light
Gao et al.
(2013)
Ag@ZnO
coreshell
nanostructures
Vibrio cholerae
Sunlight
Das et al.
(2015)
Pd incorporated
ZnO nanoparticles
E. coli
Laser beam
Khalil et al.
(2011)
Fe doped ZnO
Multidrug resistant Escherichia
coli
UV and solar light
Das et al.
(2017)
Immobilized
CuO/CoFe 2 O 4 -
TiO 2 thin-film
E. coli
Simulated sunlight
Yan et al.
(2011)
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