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Synthesized of Zeolite@Ag2O Nanocomposite as Superb Stability Photocatalysis Toward Hazardous Rhodamine B Dye from Water

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Over the past years, Ag2O as an emerging photocatalyst has attracted extensive attention toward the removal of hazardous dye from aqueous media under visible light. However, Ag2O suffers from major drawbacks such as low stability under sunlight irradiation and high recombination rate of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. In this study, to resolve this problem, a novel nanocomposite-based zeolite clay was successfully prepared using an eco-friendly and economical approach. The nanocomposite Zeolite@Ag2O (Zeo@Ag2O) was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray analysis Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller surface area method and UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The obtained nanocomposite exhibited high photocatalytic efficiency for the removal of hazardous Rhodamine B dye from aqueous solution under visible light and the removal rate reached about 100%. Thus, the enhanced photocatalytic activity could be due to the better adsorption ability onto Zeo@Ag2O nanocomposite surface and the high effective separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. Also, the obtained results show that both holes (h +) and hydroxyl radicals (HO°) play an important role in RhB degradation over the synthesized nanocomposite.

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  1. Team of Physical Chemistry and Environment Team, Faculty of Science, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco

    Redouane Haounati & Abdelaziz Ait Addi

  2. College of Pharmacy, Middle East University, Amman, 11831, Jordan

    Fadi Alakhras

  3. Faculty of Applied Science, Ait Melloul, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco

    Hassan Ouachtak

  4. Applied Chemistry and Environment Laboratory, Applied Bio-Organic Chemistry Team, Faculty of Science, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco

    Hassan Ouachtak

  5. Department of Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    Tawfik A. Saleh

  6. Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Hafr Al-Batin, Hafr Al-Batin, Saudi Arabia

    Ghassab Al-Mazaideh

  7. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

    Eman Alhajri

  8. Mulhouse Institute of Materials Sciences (IS2M-CNRS), University of Haute Alsace (UHA), 68100, Mulhouse, France

    Amane Jada

  9. Regional Center of Education and Training, Souss-Massa, Morocco

    Naima Hafid

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All authors contributed to the study's conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by F. Alakhras, E. Alhajri, T.A. Saleh, and H. Ouachtak. The original draft preparation was written by R. Haounati, A. Jada, and F. Alakhras, whereas review and editing of the manuscript were done by G. Al-Mazaideh, N. Hafid, and A.A. Addi. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Haounati, R., Alakhras, F., Ouachtak, H. et al. Synthesized of Zeolite@Ag2O Nanocomposite as Superb Stability Photocatalysis Toward Hazardous Rhodamine B Dye from Water. Arab J Sci Eng 48, 169–179 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-06899-y

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