Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka Surathkal, Srinivasnagar Post, Mangalore, 575025, India.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2021 Mar;28(10):12780-12791. doi: 10.1007/s11356-020-11206-z. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
In the present study, water contaminated with Escherichia coli (E. coli) cells was photocataytically disinfected using Ag core-TiO shell/Polyaniline nanocomposite (Ag@TiO/PANI) under visible light irradiation. Ag@TiO/PANI containing 13 weight % of Ag@TiO was found to offer maximum disinfection activity. Band gap energy of Ag@TiO/PANI was found to be 2.58 eV. Ag@TiO/PANI nanocomposites were efficient in water disinfection in their suspended and immobilized form. Rate of disinfection with Ag@TiO/PANI was faster than that with Ag@TiO nanoparticles. Water containing 50 × 10 CFU/mL cells was completely disinfected within 120 min with 1 g/L Ag@TiO/PANI nanocomposite. Simultaneous disinfection and endotoxins degradation were achieved. The photocatalytic disinfection of water and endotoxin degradation using Ag@TiO/PANI nanocomposite under visible light irradiation followed second order kinetics. The nanocomposite also exhibited a good solar photocatalytic activity.
在本研究中,使用 Ag 核-TiO 壳/聚苯胺纳米复合材料(Ag@TiO/PANI)在可见光照射下对大肠杆菌(E. coli)细胞污染的水进行光催化消毒。发现含有 13wt%Ag@TiO 的 Ag@TiO/PANI 提供了最大的消毒活性。Ag@TiO/PANI 的能带隙能量为 2.58eV。Ag@TiO/PANI 纳米复合材料在悬浮和固定化形式下均能有效地对水进行消毒。Ag@TiO/PANI 的消毒速度比 Ag@TiO 纳米颗粒快。在 1g/LAg@TiO/PANI 纳米复合材料的作用下,含 50×10CFU/mL 细胞的水在 120 分钟内即可完全消毒。同时实现了消毒和内毒素降解。可见光照射下使用 Ag@TiO/PANI 纳米复合材料进行水的光催化消毒和内毒素降解遵循二级动力学。该纳米复合材料还表现出良好的太阳能光催化活性。