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Combined action of cerianite, uv and direct sunlight irradiation for the removal of violet crystal and methylene blue from aqueous solution

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The current study describes the chemical production of CeO2 nanoparticles using co-precipitation, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), reflectance diffuse spectroscopy (RDS), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The degradation kinetics of violet crystal and methylene blue were investigated under UV and natural sunlight irradiation. X-ray diffraction analysis reveals that the purity and crystallinity of cerium oxide (CeO2) NPs are perfect. According to the Debye–Scherrer equation and the distribution of single and clustered particle SEM images, the CeO2 particle size of 51.12 nm is adequate. The CeO2 efficient photodegradation of methylene blue and crystal violet under UV and sunlight irradiation was tested. 100% of methylene blue was removed after 30 min in addition 95% of violet crystal degraded after 120 min of UV light exposition. Cerium oxide photocatalytic activity remained steady across five successive trials of UV irradiation. This method evaluates the physicochemical, mechanical stability, and reusability of the CeO2 photocatalyst.

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  1. Department of Chemistry Faculty of Exact Sciences and Informatics, Jijel University, 18000, Jijel, Algeria

    Narimene Aoun, Hadjira Boucheloukh & Kamal Harrouche

  2. Laboratory of Science and Technology of the Environment, Constantine1 University, 25000, Constantine, Algeria

    Hadjira Boucheloukh & Tahar Sehili

  3. Scientific and Technical Research Center, Physico-Chemical Analysis (CRAPC) Ouargla, 30000, Ouargla, Algeria

    Hakim Belkhalfa

  4. Laboratory of Pharmacology and Phytochemistry, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Informatics, Jijel University, 18000, Jijel, Algeria

    Kamal Harrouche

  5. Laboratory of Physicochemistry of Materials (LPCM) Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Eltarf University, 36000, Eltarf, Algeria

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Aoun, N., Boucheloukh, H., Belkhalfa, H. et al. Combined action of cerianite, uv and direct sunlight irradiation for the removal of violet crystal and methylene blue from aqueous solution. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 136, 1607–1623 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-023-02410-2

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