Multi-Layered TiO₂ Films towards Enhancement of Escherichia coli Inactivation.

Crystalline TiO₂ has shown its great photocatalytic properties in bacterial inactivation. This work presents a design fabrication of low-cost, layered TiO₂ films assembled reactors and a study of their performance for a better understanding to elucidate the photocatalytic effect on inactivation of in water. The ability to reduce the number of bacteria in water samples for the layered TiO₂ composing reactors has been investigated as a function of time, while varying the parameters of light sources, initial concentration of bacteria, and ratios of TiO₂ film area and volume of water.