Table 7 A comparison of photocatalytic degradation efficiency using various catalysts, in terms of TB degradation.

From: Formulation of silver phosphate/graphene/silica nanocomposite for enhancing the photocatalytic degradation of trypan blue dye in aqueous solution

#

Dye

Photocatalyst

Conditions

Removal (%)

References

1

TB

Se doped ZnO NPs

pH 5 for 6 h, dose 0.6 mg/ml, 2 h,30w power UV light

89.1 ± 3.1

49

2

TB

6 wt% BaF2–TiO2

TB = 1 × 10 − 4 M, catalyst = 4 g L − 1, pH = 6.2, 30 min

96.30

50

3

TB

Ag3PO4/Bi2S3

Ci = 25 ppm, 25 min of irradiation and sonication time, pH 6.0, and 0.25 g/L of photocatalyst dosage

98.44

51

4

TB

TiO2

1gm/L of TiO2 at pH = 6, T = 293 K after 75 min, Ci = 3*10^-5 M

46

52

5

TB

ZnO/Ag

120 min,25 μg/L,100 ml, 0.1 g dose, pH 10

80

53

6

TB

SnS nanorods capped with mercapto acetic acid

dye degradation in 4 h,1 × 10 − 5 M, sunlight for 5 h

95

54

7

TB

Ag2C2O4/Ag/g-C3N4

30 min, pH = 6, Ci = 5 ppm, dose = 0.015 g, Booster mirror reactor

85.90

55

8

TB

Ag3PO4

100 ml, 0.03 g dose, pH 2, illumination time 30 min, Ci = 30 ppm

92

Present study

9

TB

Ag3PO4/graphene/SiO2

100 ml, 0.03 g dose, pH 2, illumination time 20 min, Ci = 30 ppm

98

Present study