Oxygen Vacancies-Rich Heterojunction of Ti C /BiOBr for Photo-Excited Antibacterial Textiles.

Pathogenic bacteria that adhere on the surface of textiles, especially healthcare workers' uniforms, have brought severe problems, including nosocomial infection and other infectious diseases. Here, antibacterial textiles are fabricated by in situ growing oxygen vacancies (OVs) BiOBr on the surface of Ti C nanosheets followed by in situ polymerization of polypyrrole (ppy). The formed Schottky heterojunction containing OVs of Ti C /BiOBr effectively enhance the transfer and separation of photogenerated carriers, inhibit the recombination, and decrease the band gap by introducing defect level, which significantly improve the photocatalytic activity, leading to higher reactive oxygen species (ROS) under light irradiation. Therefore, the antibacterial efficacy of textiles reaches up to 98.64% against Staphylococcus aureus and 99.89% against Escherichia coli with the assistance of hyperthermia under light irradiation for 15 min. This work provides insights for designing photo-excited antibacterial textiles by interfacial construction based on Schottky junctions and OVs in the incorporated nanomaterials.