Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Thermocatalytic hydrogen peroxide generation and environmental disinfection by Bi2Te3 nanoplates

  • Yu-Jiung Lin,
  • Imran Khan,
  • Subhajit Saha,
  • Chih-Cheng Wu,
  • Snigdha Roy Barman,
  • Fu-Cheng Kao,
  • Zong-Hong Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20445-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Temperature difference induced H2O2 generation by thermoelectric materials is an attractive strategy for environmental remediation purposes. Here the authors demonstrate Bi2Te3 nanoplates based antibacterial filter as an effective candidate for indoor disinfection applications.