Nanostructured boron carbon nitride as a visible light-driven catalyst for efficient wastewater treatment

Abstract

To address environmental concerns, there is a need for affordable and efficient photocatalysts to eliminate harmful and cancer-causing dyes from industries, which pose a risk to both humans and marine ecosystems. Boron carbon nitride (BCN) has high potential as a semiconductor photocatalyst for degrading dyes and organic materials. This study focused on the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) using BCN. BCN effectively degraded MB, achieving the highest degradation efficiency of 62.93% in 120 minutes at a BCN catalyst dose of 0.5 g/L. Furthermore, BCN show stability as photocatalyst for MB degradation up to 5 cycles. This study suggests a plan to create photocatalysts based on BCN nanomaterials for the purpose of breaking down noxious organic pollutants found in wastewater and for various environmental remediation purposes.