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An effective visible light catalyst was successfully fabricated from a nanorod-like MoO3/ZnO (MZ) nanocomposite using a simple hydrothermal method for the decomposition of the dye methylene blue (MB). In addition to XRD, FT-IR, SEM, EDX-Color mapping, DRS-UV, and XPS analysis, a variety of other physicochemical measurements were used to validate th...
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Herein, designing of sustainable flower-like novel Sr3(VO4)2/g-C3N4 (SrVO/CN) nanocatalyst was successfully fabricated by easier hydrothermal method and utilised as a visible-light-driven for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) dye and ciprofloxacin (CF) antibiotic for the first time. The physicochemical behaviour of the nanocomposite was confirmed by various analytical techniques. These results confirm the successive development of flower-like Sr3(VO4)2 anchored on the g-C3N4 layer. The SrVO/CN can serve as an excellent catalyst for the decomposition of MB dyes and CF drugs under visible light irradiation. The results from UV-Vis spectroscopy evidently showed that the catalytic efficiency of SrVO/CN nanocomposite is higher than pure Sr3(VO4)2 nano-flowers. The SrVO/CN nanocomposite explores degradation efficiency of about 88.20% and 92.50% for MB and CF drug respectively. Furthermore, the stability and recycle behaviour of the SrVO/CN nanocomposites exhibit excellent effects. Hence, as prepared SrVO/CN behave as an example of the ‘Killing of two birds with one arrow’ approach.
