Photocatalytic Antibacterial Performance of Glass Fibers Thin Film Coated with N-Doped SnO₂/TiO₂

Table 3

A summary of numerical fits of first-order kinetics to the inactivation of bacteria.

Bacteria	Samples	Rate Equation	Rate constant (𝑘) (min^−1)	𝑅^2
S. typhi	Uncoated	𝑁=𝑒^−0.050𝑡	0.050	0.883
	TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.240𝑡	0.240	0.975
	3SnO2/TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.350𝑡	0.350	0.990
	20N/3SnO2/TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.450𝑡	0.450	0.960
E. coli	Uncoated	𝑁=𝑒^−0.044𝑡	0.044	0.935
	TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.086𝑡	0.086	0.986
	3SnO2/TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.103𝑡	0.103	0.993
	20N/3SnO2/TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.128𝑡	0.128	0.975
S. aureus	Uncoated	𝑁=𝑒^−0.036𝑡	0.036	0.888
	TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.058𝑡	0.058	0.940
	3SnO2/TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.070𝑡	0.070	0.944
	20N/3SnO2/TiO2	𝑁=𝑒^−0.082𝑡	0.082	0.936