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Sunlight-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Violet (MV) by Employing Samarium-Doped Tungsten Disulfide

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Water is a vital ingredient for life, but its quality is constantly deteriorating due to textile effluent carrying harmful dyes. Photodegradation is a highly effective process for breaking down dye using solar spectrum. In the current work, hydrothermal approach was used to designed pure tungsten disulfide and doped tungsten disulfide with differnet concentration (5, 10, and 15%) for photocatalytic degradation of methylene voilet. Different instrumental analyses were conducted to measure the physichemical and optical properties of the fabricated pure and doped materials. The photocatalytic behavior of the WS2, 5% doped WS2, 10% doped WS2 and 15% doped WS2 was noted after 0, 15, 30, 45, 60, and 75 min under sunlight. The removal of methyl violet (MV) by using pristine WS2, 5% doped WS2, 10% doped WS2 was about 51, 70, and 80%, respectively. The maximum degradation of methylene violet was given by 15% doped WS2 about 90% after 75 min under sunlight. The 15% doping of the Sm reduced the band gap that can effectively absorb the greater extent of the solar spectrum and degrade the methyl violet dye. The fabricated optimized doped photocatalyst can also be employed in other application such as batteries, drug delivery, and water splitting.

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The authors express their gratitude to Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University Researchers Supporting Project number (PNURSP2024R132), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University is greatly appreciated for funding this work under grant number (R.G.P-2/143/44). A.M.A. Henaish thanks the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (Ural Federal University Program of Development within the Priority-2030 Program) is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

    Saba Zahra

  2. Department of Physics, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, 11671, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Meznah M. Alanazi & Shaimaa A. M. Abdelmohsen

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, P.O. Box 2097, 45142, Jazan, Saudi Arabia

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  4. Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, 61413, Abha, Saudi Arabia

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  6. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, 31527, Egypt

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  9. Department of Physics, Government Graduate College, Taunsa Sharif, 32100, Taunsa Sharif, Pakistan

    Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Farid

  10. Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Khalifa University, 12788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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Highlights.

1. The samarium doped tungsten disulphide was successfully fabricated via hydrothermal method.

2. The microscopic, nanostructure, and photocatalytic activity of the composite was exploited by techniques like XRD, Raman spectroscopy, and PL-spectroscopy.

3. The optimized 15% doped WS2 photocatalyst shows maximum degradation of methylene violet about 90% after 75 min irradiation to sunlight.

4. The composite is reusable at least five times after that its efficiency for the degradation of methylene violet decreases.

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Zahra, S., Alanazi, M.M., Abdelmohsen, S.A.M. et al. Sunlight-Driven Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Violet (MV) by Employing Samarium-Doped Tungsten Disulfide. Water Air Soil Pollut 235, 268 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-024-07078-5

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