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Cerium-substituted hierarchical Bi2WO6 microspheres for the effective removal of chloramphenicol and rhodamine B dye through photocatalysis

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A facile hydrothermal technique was used to synthesize a cerium-substituted Bi2WO6 microsphere for efficient photocatalytic degradation of chloramphenicol (CPL) and rhodamine B (RhB) contaminants. The catalysts were thoroughly characterized using sophisticated instruments and the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of the cerium-substituted Bi2WO6 photocatalyst was up to 93.95% for CPL degradation and 97.5% for RhB degradation within 150 min of light illumination. The increased efficiency is mostly due to the effective suppression of photoinduced electron and hole recombination through the development of an intermediate energy state. The photocatalyst demonstrated outstanding stability after five consecutive cycle studies for both CPL and RhB degradation under identical conditions. According to the results of the recycling and scavenging studies, the catalysts with the highest stability and primary radicals were identified as holes. The probable photocatalytic degradation process was postulated based on the experimental results of the catalysts.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for the financial support through the research groups program under grant number R.G.P/2/443/44.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Er.Perumal Manimekalai College of Engineering, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, 635117, India

    P. Rajkumar

  2. Department of Physics, VelTech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed To be University), Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600062, India

    D. Senthil Kumar

  3. Department of Physics, PG& Research Department, Thiru. A. Govindasamy Government Arts College, Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu, 604307, India

    R. Suja

  4. School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan, 38541, Republic of Korea

    Vasudeva Reddy Minnam Reddy & Woo Kyoung Kim

  5. College of Arts and Sciences, King Khalid University, 61953, Dhahran Al-Janoub, Saudi Arabia

    Farhat S. Khan

  6. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Mohd Shkir

  7. Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Mohd Shkir

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Rajkumar, P., Kumar, D.S., Suja, R. et al. Cerium-substituted hierarchical Bi2WO6 microspheres for the effective removal of chloramphenicol and rhodamine B dye through photocatalysis. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 834 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12577-6

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