Constructing a plasma-based Schottky heterojunction for near-infrared-driven photothermal synergistic water disinfection: Synergetic effects and antibacterial mechanisms

Construction of a Bi2WO6/TiO2 heterojunction and its photocatalytic degradation performance

“…18–20 In recent years, solar-energy-based photocatalysis has attracted great attention in the field of wastewater purification, mainly due to its high efficiency, environmental friendliness and simple approaches. 21–23 Photocatalysis, which is widely used in the fields of energy conversion and storage and environmental remediation, 24–28 also has great potential in water treatment. 29,30…”

Stimuli-Activable Metal-Bearing Nanomaterials and Precise On-Demand Antibacterial Strategies

“…Benefit from the synergistic photothermal and photodynamic antibacterial effects, such a hybrid system exhibited better antibacterial ability than Au nanorods and Bi 2 S 3 alone (Table ). In other research, a NIR light-triggered molybdenum oxide–nitrogen-doped carbon nanocomposite (MoO 3 - x /NCN) was prepared by Yang’s group . This material system not only showed outstanding photothermal conversion efficiency (52.6%) but also exhibited enhanced • O 2 generation capacity due to the formation of a Schottky heterojunction.…”

“…In Table , we have listed various metal-bearing nanomaterial building blocks and their properties that enable light and/or magnet (the two most extensively exploited external stimuli) activated antibacterial actions. ,− Their shapes include nanoflowers (NFs), nanospheres/nanoparticles (NPs), nanocages (NCs), nanorods (NRs), nanodots (NDs), nanosheets (NSs), and nanoclusters (nanoparticles smaller than 2 nm). In terms of composition, they are either monometallic ( e.g.…”

Development of defective molybdenum oxides for photocatalysis, thermal catalysis, and photothermal catalysis

“…Studies indicate that the superior photothermal conversion efficiency (52.6%) induced by the LSPR effect in H x MoO 3− y /NCNs facilitates the generation of localized high temperatures that destroy bacterial cell structures. 121 Unquestionably, α-MoO 3 exhibits excellent solar energy utilization in the Vis-NIR region and contributes significantly to the photothermal catalysis process through the thermal effect introduced by plasmonic absorption.…”