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A new approach to study the degradation of the organic pollutants by A-doped MxOy/B photocatalysts

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This work presents a new approach and a comprehensive mechanism to study the kinetics of the photodegradation of the organic pollutants. The vital role of various operational factors on the degradation of the organic pollutants is explained using this method. The proposed approach is based on the simple strategies and a powerful computational method. Two new variables “the effective concentration of photon” (Ieff) and “the effective concentration of the reactive centers” (RC) are defined to better understand the effect of operational parameters on the organic pollutant photodegradation. The optimum conditions of the photocatalytic degradation can be determined with the help of this method. This approach was used to study the kinetics of photodegradation of the organic pollutants on the \(\mathrm{A}-\mathrm{doped }{\mathrm{M}}_{\mathrm{x}}{\mathrm{O}}_{\mathrm{y}}/\mathrm{B}\) photocatalysts. The provided mechanism has been examined with the some experimental data. The high correlations between the experimental data and the fitting results under different conditions prove this mechanism could be reliable.

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Arabameri, M., Bashiri, H. A new approach to study the degradation of the organic pollutants by A-doped MxOy/B photocatalysts. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 39139–39163 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-18923-7

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