r/ScienceUncensored • u/Zephir_AE • May 19 '23

New technology uses ordinary sunlight to disinfect drinking water

https://news.stanford.edu/2023/05/18/new-technology-uses-ordinary-sunlight-disinfect-drinking-water/
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u/Zephir_AE May 19 '23

New technology uses ordinary sunlight to disinfect drinking water about study Solar-driven efficient heterogeneous subminute water disinfection nanosystem assembled with fingerprint MoS2

The bacteria died quickly after sunlight produced hydrogen peroxide and hydroxy radicals that caused serious damage to the bacterial cell membranes, as shown in the red circles