Abstract
Waterborne health issues continue to grow despite the large number of available solutions. Current sterilization techniques to fight with waterborne diseases struggle to meet the demands on cost, efficiency and reach. Effective alternatives are pressingly required. Here we introduce Prussian blue coated ferroferric oxide (Fe 3 O 4 @PB) composites for water sterilization. The composites exhibit superior photothermal inactivation of bacteria under solar-light irradiation, with nearly complete inactivation of bacterial cells in only 15 min. Even for the mixed bacteria in authentic water matrices, the composites show excellent bacterial inactivation performance. Moreover, the highly magnetized iron core of the Fe 3 O 4 @PB enables magnetic separation and recycling. Multiple cycle runs reveal that Fe 3 O 4 @PB composites have exceptional stability and reusability. This work demonstrates a scalable, low-cost, high-efficiency and reusable sterilization method to improve water quality and safety.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 354-361 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science |
| Volume | 540 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 22 Mar 2019 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
Keywords
- Photothermal sterilization
- Prussian blue
- Recyclability
- Solar-light irradiation
- Water security
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