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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 509, 2024
2nd International Conference on Sustainable Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials (ICONN-2023)
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Article Number | 01007 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation Applications | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202450901007 | |
Published online | 08 April 2024 |
Nanostructured boron carbon nitride as a visible light-driven catalyst for efficient wastewater treatment
1 University Centre for Research and Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, 140413, Punjab, India
2 Department of Physics, Sardar Patel University, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, 175001, India
* Corresponding author: akshaykumar.tiet@gmail.com
To address environmental concerns, there is a need for affordable and efficient photocatalysts to eliminate harmful and cancer-causing dyes from industries, which pose a risk to both humans and marine ecosystems. Boron carbon nitride (BCN) has high potential as a semiconductor photocatalyst for degrading dyes and organic materials. This study focused on the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) using BCN. BCN effectively degraded MB, achieving the highest degradation efficiency of 62.93% in 120 minutes at a BCN catalyst dose of 0.5 g/L. Furthermore, BCN show stability as photocatalyst for MB degradation up to 5 cycles. This study suggests a plan to create photocatalysts based on BCN nanomaterials for the purpose of breaking down noxious organic pollutants found in wastewater and for various environmental remediation purposes.
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