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Fabrication of Novel ZnSeO3 Anchored on g-C3N4 Nanosheets: An Outstanding Photocatalyst for the Mitigation of Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals

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In the scope, the developed novel ZnSeO3/g-C3N4 nanocomposites and characterized in detail. Interestingly, the as prepared nanocomposites examined for the detoxification of organic pollutants like methyl parathion (MP) and cefuroxime drug (CF) under Visible light irradiation. The synthesized ZnSeO3/g-C3N4 nanocomposites were characterized by various techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infra-red (FTIR), UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS/UV–Vis), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and energy dispersive X-ray spectra (EDX). The photocatalytic studies carried out by UV–Visible Spectroscopy it was exhibited that ZnSeO3/g-C3N4 nanocomposites photocatalyst was a superior photocatalytic performance with the degradation efficiency of an analytic solution of MP and CF observed about 120 mins and 80 mins. The reactive oxidative species are ·OH radical and superoxide radical O2•− involved in the photocatalytic reaction under the source of visible light irradiation by trapping experiments. After the completion of degradation process, the photocatalyst was reused by centrifugation method. The reusability of photocatalyst was highly stable up to eighth cycle.

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The authors express their sincere thanks to the College managing board, Principal and Head of the department, VHNSN College for providing necessary research facilities. Authors also acknowledges to KALASALINGAM UNIVERSITY and SFR College for utilize the instrumentation facilities.

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Moorthy, S., Moorthy, G. & Swaminathan, K. Fabrication of Novel ZnSeO3 Anchored on g-C3N4 Nanosheets: An Outstanding Photocatalyst for the Mitigation of Pesticides and Pharmaceuticals. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 4664–4676 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01615-5

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