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Catalysts were prepared by the ceramic (CM) and the complex polymerization (CP) methods and characterized by XRD, SEM, EDS, and band gap energy. It was found that catalytic properties depend on the synthesis method and annealing conditions. In the photocatalytic assays with sunlight, different AO7 initial concentrations and perovskite amounts were tested. During photocatalytic assays, AO7 and degradation products concentrations were followed by HPLC. Only photocatalysis with BaFeO3-CM and BaTiO3-CP presented AO7 removals higher than that observed for photolysis. However, photolysis leads to the formation of almost exclusively amino-naphthol and sulfanilic acid, whereas some of the perovskites utilized form less-toxic compounds as degradation products, such as carboxylic acids (CA). Partial substitution of Ba by La in BaTiO3-CM does not produce any change in the photocatalytic properties, but the replacement of Ti by Fe in the La0.1Ba0.9TiO3 leads to reduced AO7 removal rate, but with the formation of CAs. The best AO7 removal (92%) was obtained with BaFeO3-CM (750 mg L\u22121), after 4 h of photocatalytic degradation with solar radiation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nano11113142","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,21]],"date-time":"2021-11-21T21:00:50Z","timestamp":1637528450000},"page":"3142","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Sunlight-Driven AO7 Degradation with Perovskites (La,Ba)(Fe,Ti)O3 as Heterogeneous Photocatalysts"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Ana Sofia","family":"Rodrigues","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Fiber Materials and Environmental Technologies (FibEnTech-UBI), Universidade da Beira Interior, R. 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