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Structural, Photoabsorption and Photocatalytic Characteristics of BiFeO3-WO3 Nanocomposites: An Attempt to Validate the Experimental Data Through SVM-Based Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Nanocomposites of bismuth ferrite-tungsten trioxide (BiFeO3-WO3) were synthesized from sol–gel reaction followed by processing at two different calcination temperatures, 550°C and 650°C. The calcined composite products were investigated using powder XRD, FE-SEM, EDX, UV–Vis and FTIR to assess the influence of calcination temperature on their structural, morphological, and optical absorption properties and their photocatalytic characteristics. A photodegradation efficiency test was conducted for the synthesized BiFeO3-WO3 nanocomposite powders, with methylene blue (MB) used as the dye source. The optimal experimental conditions required for the effective and maximized degradation of the MB pollutant were also determined, and the data authenticity was validated through an artificial intelligence (AI)-based support vector machine (SVM) tool. SVM predictions agreed reasonably well with the experimental results.

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    Yathavan Subramanian, R. Veena & Abul Kalam Azad

  2. Department of Physics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr, Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi, Chennai, 600 062, India

    J. Gajendiran

  3. Department of Science and Humanities, University College of Engineering Arni (Anna University), Arni, India

    V. C. Bharath Sabarish & Ramesh Kumar Gubendiran

  4. Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

    S. A. Muhammed Ali

  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, Chennai, India

    Avinash Kumar

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Subramanian, Y., Gajendiran, J., Veena, R. et al. Structural, Photoabsorption and Photocatalytic Characteristics of BiFeO3-WO3 Nanocomposites: An Attempt to Validate the Experimental Data Through SVM-Based Artificial Intelligence (AI). J. Electron. Mater. 52, 2421–2431 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-10188-7

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