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In this paper, polypyrrole titanium dioxide nanocomposite (PPy-TiO2) was prepared using in situ polymerization method and dispersed in sodium alginate\/polyacrylamide (SA\/PAM) hydrogel matrix to prepare SA\/PAM\/PPy-TiO2 nanocomposite hydrogels. The nanocomposite hydrogels were characterized by XPS, FT-IR, XRD, TGA, SEM, and TEM. The results showed that the composite materials were successfully prepared and PPy-TiO2 was uniformly dispersed in the hydrogel matrix. The incorporation of PPy in the SA\/PAM\/TiO2 composite hydrogel resulted in enhanced visible light absorption, reduced recombination efficiency of photoelectron-hole pairs in TiO2, and facilitated the photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) under sunlight irradiation. The photocatalytic efficiency of the composite hydrogel for MB was nearly 100%, whereas for MO, it reached 91.85% after exposure to sunlight for 120 min. In comparison with nano-TiO2 and PPy-TiO2, the SA\/PAM\/PPy-TiO2 nanocomposite hydrogel exhibited a higher degradation rate of MB and demonstrated ease in separation and recovery from the reaction solution. 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