TiO2-mediated photocatalysis is widely used in a variety of applications and products in the envi-ronmental and energy fields, including photoelectrochemical conversion, self-cleaning surfaces, and especially water purification systems. The dimensionality of the structure of a TiO2 material can affect its properties, functions, and more specifically, its photocatalytic performance. In this work, the photocatalytic inactivation of Gram-negative Escherichia coli using three photocatalysts, differ-ing in their structure and other characteristics, was studied in a batch reactor under UVA light. The aim was to establish the disinfection efficiency of solid TiO2 compared with that of suspended cata-lysts, widely considered as reference cases for photocatalytic water disinfection. The bacterial inac-tivation profiles obtained showed that: (1) the photoinactivation was exclusively related to the quantity of photons retained per unit of treated volume, irrespective of the characteristics of the photocatalyst and the emitted light flux densities;(2) across the whole UV light range studied, each of the photocatalytic solids was able to achieve more than 2 log bacterial inactivation with less than 2 h UV irradiation;(3) none of the used catalysts achieved a total bacterial disinfection during the treatment time. For each of the catalysts the quantum yield has been assessed in terms of disinfec-tion efficiency, the 2D material showed almost the same performance as those of suspended cata-lysts. This catalyst is promising for supported photocatalysis applications.