2-D material uses light to quickly and safely purify water

Using light a prototype green material has the ability to purify enough drinking water for four people in one hour. When the water was tested it showed that it killed 100 percent of bacteria in 10 liters of water. The new 2-D sheet of graphitic carbon nitride is a photocatalyst and it releases electrons when when it destroys microbes. Today’s most effective photocatalysts metals that can leach into water as toxic pollutants and the 2-D sheets are slightly less effective but don't contain metals.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/water-purification-light-graphitic-carbon-nitride

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  1. AnonymousApril 30, 2019 at 5:00 AM

    This is amazing, it really shows the huge strides we are making in the science field and in technological advancements. This seems like a more effective way to clean water for human consumption.

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  2. AnonymousMay 2, 2019 at 3:22 PM

    It is so cool that it killed 100% of the bacteria in all that water and that they were able to see that.

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