Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Interfacial engineering of Bi2S3/Ti3C2T x MXene based on work function for rapid photo-excited bacteria-killing

  • Jianfang Li,
  • Zhaoyang Li,
  • Xiangmei Liu,
  • Changyi Li,
  • Yufeng Zheng,
  • Kelvin Wai Kwok Yeung,
  • Zhenduo Cui,
  • Yanqin Liang,
  • Shengli Zhu,
  • Wenbin Hu,
  • Yajun Qi,
  • Tianjin Zhang,
  • Xianbao Wang,
  • Shuilin Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21435-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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MXenes have emerged as potential antimicrobial materials. Here, the authors report on the creation of a Schottky junction to increase the charge separation between MXenes and semiconductor to increase photodynamic creation of reactive oxygen species under near infrared irradiation for antibacterial purposes.