Few-layered tungsten selenide as a co-catalyst for visible-light-driven photocatalytic production of hydrogen peroxide for bacterial inactivation
Wanjun Wang, Wenquan Gu, Guiying Li, Haojing Xie, Po Keung Wong, Taicheng An
Abstract
Few-layered tungsten selenide (WSe<sub>2</sub>) was used as a new co-catalyst to significantly promote photocatalytic H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> production, which can be coupled with Fenton reactions for pathogenic bacterial inactivation.
Topics & Concepts
PhotocatalysisHydrogen peroxideTungstenCatalysisSelenideHydrogen productionVisible spectrumMaterials scienceTungsten CompoundsInorganic chemistryPhotochemistryChemistryChemical engineeringMetallurgySeleniumOptoelectronicsOrganic chemistryEngineeringAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesPerovskite Materials and Applications2D Materials and Applications