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Figure 9. Photochemical and photoelectrochemical (PEC) bacterial inactivation. (A) Morphologic changes and synthesis of (i) pristine BWO, (ii) KCl_BWO, and (iii) IL_BWO₃; (B and C) Photocatalysis of E. coli (B) and S. aureus (C) inactivated by different samples in aqueous solution under UV-vis light irradiation^[127]. (Open access); (D) Diagram of Sn₃O_x/Ni foam photoanode for bacterial inactivation; (E) PEC inactivation efficiency across bacterial species; (F) Bacterial colony images; (G) Pre-/post-PEC treatment (30 min) SEM and fluorescence microscopy of Chlr E. coli. (Reproduced with permission^[128]. Copyright 2023, Youke Publishing Co., Ltd). SEM: Scanning electron microscope; [TBA][Cl]: tetrabutylammonium chloride; MRSA: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.