Table 6.
Material | Dimension/thickness | Light source | Target | Destruction rate | Ref. |
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Elemental doping | |||||
B, F-codoped TiO2 NS | 10 nm/2.5 nm | Xe lamp | E. coli | 99.5% | [119] |
Heterojunction with semiconductors | |||||
MoS2 NS/ZnO flower | – | UV–Vis light | E. coli | 45% | [138] |
ZnO NS/NaYF4:Yb, Tm NC | – | Xe lamp | E. coli, C. albicans, S. aureus | MIC-50 µg mL−1, 50 µg mL−1, 100 µg mL−1 | [200] |
Heterojunction with conductive materials | |||||
TiO2 NS/Ag NP | – | UV light | Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. | 0.07% and 8 × 10−4 % | [201] |
NS nanosheet, NP nanoparticle, NC nanocrystal, MIC minimal inhibitory concentration