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Fabrication of Highly Efficient Bi2Sn2O7/C3N4 Composite with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Degradation of Organic Pollutants

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Highly efficient Bi2Sn2O7/g-C3N4 composite is reported in present work for enhancing the degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) in the water. The Bi2Sn2O7/g-C3N4 composite was prepared by direct milling the mixture of pre-synthesized Bi2Sn2O7, as a complexing agent, and Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4). The synthesized composites were characterized by the state of art analytical tools such as XRD, TEM, DRS and FTIR spectroscopy. The surface area of C2 composite (42.8 m2/g) was measure from the nitrogen adsorption/desorption data using Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET). Bi2Sn2O7/g-C3N4 was found an excellent photocatalyst for the degradation of RhB (91%) in 6 h. The performance enhancement of the photoactivity is because of improved electron-hole separation efficiency due to active electron transfer between Bi2Sn2O7 and g-C3N4 of the Bi2Sn2O7/g-C3N4 composite.

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    Engy Elhaddad

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    Wajid Rehman & Mohsan Nawaz

  3. Department of Chemistry, COMSATS University Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Waseem

  4. Department of Chemistry, University of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, 13100, Pakistan

    Sirajul Haq

  5. School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China

    Cun-Yue Guo

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Elhaddad, E., Rehman, W., Waseem, M. et al. Fabrication of Highly Efficient Bi2Sn2O7/C3N4 Composite with Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity for Degradation of Organic Pollutants. J Inorg Organomet Polym 31, 172–179 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01726-z

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