Abstract: The novel 3D heterojunction antibacterial agent ZnO/BiOI hybrid nanoflowers were successfully fabricated by a facile hydrothermal method. A series of techniques were used to characterize the obtained materials, including X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscope, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller, X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy. Moreover, the antibacterial activities of the obtained ZnO/BiOI hybrid nanoflowers to Escherichia Coli(E.Coli) under visible light were investigated. The results indicated that ZnO/BiOI heterojunction had the strongest antimicrobial activity against Escherichia Coli(E.Coli)(93%) in comparison to those with ZnO(56%) and BiOI(74%), separately. It was due to the high surface areas, and effective interfacial charge transfer from ZnO to BiOI that facilitated the formation of hydroxy radicals. This study showed that the heterostructure between two different semiconductors played a very important role in the dynamic characteristics of their photogenerated carriers.
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