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Prussian blue-encapsulated Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles for reusable photothermal sterilization of water

  • Tingting Jiang
  • , Yuanlin Wang
  • , Zhenglin Li
  • , Hüsnü Aslan
  • , Lei Sun
  • , Ye Sun*
  • , Wei Wang
  • , Miao Yu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)354-361
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume540
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Mar 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
    SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Keywords

  • Photothermal sterilization
  • Prussian blue
  • Recyclability
  • Solar-light irradiation
  • Water security

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