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In the present study, a comparison of structural characteristics, optical properties, and photocatalytic degradation efficiency and activity between Fe-doped g-C3N4 particles, Bi2MoO6 particles, and Fe-g-C3N4\/Bi2MoO6 composite was investigated. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) examination indicate that the hydrothermal Bi2MoO6 particles have a single orthorhombic phase and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy analysis confirms the formation of Fe-doped g-C3N4. The optical bandgaps of the Fe-doped g-C3N4 and Bi2MoO6 particles are 2.74 and 2.73 eV, respectively, as estimated from the Taut plots obtained from UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) spectra. This characteristic indicates that the two semiconductor materials are suitable for absorbing visible light. The transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrograph reveals the formation of the heterojunction Fe-g-C3N4\/Bi2MoO6 composite. The results of photocatalytic degradation revealed that the developed Fe-g-C3N4\/Bi2MoO6 composite photocatalyst exhibited significantly better photodegradation performance than the other two single semiconductor photocatalysts. This property can be attributed to the heterostructured nanostructure, which could effectively prevent the recombination of photogenerated carriers (electron\u2013hole pairs) and enhance photocatalytic activity. Furthermore, cycling test showed that the Fe-g-C3N4\/Bi2MoO6 heterostructured photocatalyst exhibited good reproducibility and stability for organic dye photodegradation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules29112631","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,3]],"date-time":"2024-06-03T10:06:01Z","timestamp":1717409161000},"page":"2631","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Fe-Doped g-C3N4\/Bi2MoO6 Heterostructured Composition with Improved Visible Photocatalytic Activity for Rhodamine B Degradation"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"29","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2050-214X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chien-Yie","family":"Tsay","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ching-Yu","family":"Chung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7529-1709","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chi-Jung","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5474-680X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yu-Cheng","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2418-1005","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chin-Yi","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shu-Yii","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chemical Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"3239","DOI":"10.1002\/asia.202000895","article-title":"Photocatalytic advanced oxidation processes for water treatment: Recent advances and perspective","volume":"15","author":"Liu","year":"2020","journal-title":"Chem. 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