Lijun Cheng , Jianhua Shi , Bingjing Yao , Yiyun Peng , Wenhui Li , Shun Xin , Hua Gao , Shaohua Ma
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Abstract
BiOCl/BiOBr/g-C3N4 ternary heterojunctions were prepared via one-pot method and their photocatalytic sterilization performances for Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) under visible light illumination were investigated. The highest activity was obtained over BiOCl/BiOBr/g-C3N4 ternary composite with n(Bi): n(g-C3N4) of 1:1, which approximately inactivated 100 % of E. coli in 2 h and 87.67 % of S. aureus in 3 h. Contrast to pure BiOCl, BiOBr, g-C3N4 and BiOCl/g-C3N4, BiOBr/g-C3N4, BiOCl/BiOBr binary heterojunctions, the enhanced photocatalytic sterilization performance of the ternary heterojunction could be mainly attributed to its relatively stronger light absorption, larger specific surface area and more effective charge carriers separation. Last, the sterilization mechanism of the ternary heterojunction was discussed in detail.
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