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The boosted activity of AgI/BiOI nanocatalyst: a RSM study towards Eriochrome Black T photodegradation

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Nowadays, critical environmental pollution needs some novel, simple, effective, and cost-effective catalysts with high efficiency in the visible region of the light. Thus, the AgI/BiOI coupled nanocatalyst sample (CS) was prepared and briefly characterized. The pHpzc values of 6.2, 5.4, and 4.5 were estimated for AgI, BiOI, and AgI/BiOI samples. Based on the PXRD results, average crystallite sizes of 35.2, 34.7, and 34.1 nm were obtained for AgI, BiOI, and AgI/BiOI samples from the Scherrer formula and 38.3, 25.6, and 25.6 nm by the Williamson-Hall formula. SEM image confirmed a sheet-like BiOI morphology covered by AgI nanoparticles. The simultaneous interactions of the influencing variables on the boosted photocatalytic activity of CS sample towards Eriochrome Black T (EBT) were evaluated by response surface methodology (RSM) (under 100-W tungsten lamp irradiation with 230 mW/m2.nm irradiance). The goodness of the model was confirmed by the significance of the model (F value of 65.68 > F0.05, 14, 13 = 2.55) and a non-significant LOF (F value of 0.97 < F0.05, 10, 3 = 8.79) at a 95% confidence interval obtained in ANOVA analysis of the results. The center point runs have the following conditions: catalyst dose: 0.68 g/L; pH: 7.5; CEBT: 7.25 mg/L; and irradiation time: 53.5 min, while the optimal run included the following conditions: catalyst dose: 1.0 g/L; pH: 4; CEBT: 10 mg/L; and irradiation time: 80 min. About 95% of EBT molecules were degraded in the optimal conditions.

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The authors thank Mohammad Alizadeh and Mohammad Hossein Kazemzadeh for performing instrumental analysis of the samples as experts in laboratory analysis in Shahreza Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran. The authors also thank the university president for supporting this work.

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Pourshirband, N., Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh, A. The boosted activity of AgI/BiOI nanocatalyst: a RSM study towards Eriochrome Black T photodegradation. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 45276–45291 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19040-1

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