Citation: Ruiting Ni, Kwame Nana Opoku, Xingrong Li, Yarao Gao, Yanyun Wang, Fu Yang. Recent advance in utilization of advanced composite photothermal materials for water disinfection: Synthesis, mechanism, and application[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2025, 36(9): 110813. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110813 shu

Recent advance in utilization of advanced composite photothermal materials for water disinfection: Synthesis, mechanism, and application

Ruiting Ni ^a ,
Kwame Nana Opoku ^a ,
Xingrong Li ^a ,
Yarao Gao ^a ,
Yanyun Wang ^{a, *,} ,
Fu Yang ^{a, b, *,}

a.
School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
b.
Hubei Key Laboratory of Processing and Application of Catalytic materials, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang 438000, China

Received Date: 14 August 2024
Revised Date: 18 November 2024
Accepted Date: 31 December 2024
Available Online: 1 January 2025

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Untreated water environments encourage the emergence of pathogenic microorganisms, which pose a significant risk to human health and sustainable development. Antimicrobial technologies in advanced photothermal materials offer a promising alternative strategy for solving water disinfection challenges. This technology effectively destroys bacterial biofilms by designing materials with controlled photothermal properties. Despite the potential of this technology, there is a lack of comprehensive reviews on the application of photothermal materials in water disinfection. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the research and application of photothermal materials in water disinfection. It focuses on composites in photothermal materials, elucidates their basic mechanisms and sterilization properties, and provides a systematic and detailed overview of their recent progress in the field. The goal of this review is to offer insights into the future design of photothermal materials and to propose strategies for their practical application in disinfection processes.
- Photothermal antimicrobial material,
- Composite material,
- Water disinfection,
- Desalination,
- Water purification
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