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Hybrid of sodium polytungstate polyoxometalate supported by the green substrate for photocatalytic degradation of auramine-O dye

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Nowadays, textile industries have severely polluted the ecosystem and water sources via disposal of highly thermo- and photo-stable dyes within the ecology that require practical strategies to remove them from nature. In studies, the photocatalytic disinfection technique has been shown to have widespread applications in indoor air, environmental health, detection, biological, biomedical, laboratory hospital, pharmaceutical food industry, plant safety, waste water, effluents disposal, and drinking water disinfection. Herein, the sodium polytungstate (SPT) polyoxometalate (POM) was synthesized through a multi-step production procedure and hence modified via employing a green protocol by using tartaric acid, glutamic acid, and kombucha solvent toward efficient and total complete removal of the highly toxic, stable, and carcinogenic auramine-O (AO) dye from aqueous media. In this regard, developed materials were well-characterized, and their photocatalysis performance for photodegradation of AO dye was examined. Achieved results showed that the optimum absorption conditions were achieved at pH of 5.0, 15 mg/L of AO concentration, 0.04 g of photocatalyst dosage, and 110 min irradiation time, where SPT and modified SPT via green protocol showed full desirability (desirability function (DF) index of 1) along with 71.75 and 100% removal percentage, respectively. Obtained results justified the superior photocatalytic role of the SPT POM and its derived nanocluster that can be used for the complete removal of highly stable dyes from aqueous media till reaching the drinking water standard.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan

    Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi & Wei-Hung Chiang

  2. Nanomaterials and Polymer Nanocomposites Laboratory, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, V1V 1V7, Canada

    Seyyed Alireza Hashemi

  3. Health Policy Research Center, Health Institute, Shiraz University of Medica Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Sonia Bahrani

  4. Department of Gas and Petroleum, Yasouj University, 75918-74831, Gachsaran, Iran

    Soleiman Mosleh

  5. Biotechnology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Khadije Yousefi

  6. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Seeram Ramakrishna

  7. Nanotechnology & Catalysis Research Centre, University Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Lai Chin Wei

  8. Department of Pathology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

    Navid Omidifar

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Soleiman Mosleh, Seyyed Alireza Hashemi, and Navid Omidifar: Conceptualization, methodology, investigation, and funding acquisition.

Seyyed Mojtaba Mousavi: Project administration, supervision, and investigation.

Sonia Bahrani and khadije yousefi: Writing-reviewing and editing, software, and investigation.

Seeram Ramakrishna, Lai Chin Wei, and Wei-Hung Chiang: Validation and investigation.

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Highlights

• Sodium polytungstate polyoxometalate synthesized through a newly designed method

• Sodium polytungstate modified through a green protocol

• The optimum absorption conditions for absorption of auramine-O dye was determined

• Resulting polyoxometalate nanocluster showed superior photocatalytic performance

• The auramine-O dye completely removed from the aqueous media

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Mousavi, S.M., Hashemi, S.A., Bahrani, S. et al. Hybrid of sodium polytungstate polyoxometalate supported by the green substrate for photocatalytic degradation of auramine-O dye. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 56055–56067 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-19767-x

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