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ArticleRSC advances2023

The potentials of boron-doped (nitrogen deficient) and nitrogen-doped (boron deficient) BNNT photocatalysts for decontamination of pollutants from water bodies.

Yahaya Saadu Itas, Kamaluddeen Abubakar Isah, Awwal Hussain Nuhu, Razif Razali, Salisu Tata, Naseer K A, Abubakr M Idris, Md Habib Ullah, Mayeen Uddin Khandaker

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Yahaya Saadu ItasDepartment of Physics, Bauchi State University, Gadau PMB 65 Gadau Bauchi Nigeria yitas@basug.edu.ng.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5251-7082
Kamaluddeen Abubakar IsahDepartment of Physics, Bauchi State University, Gadau PMB 65 Gadau Bauchi Nigeria yitas@basug.edu.ng.
Awwal Hussain NuhuDepartment of Physics, Bauchi State University, Gadau PMB 65 Gadau Bauchi Nigeria yitas@basug.edu.ng.
Razif RazaliDepartment of Physics Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia.
Salisu TataDepartment of Physics, Bauchi State University, Gadau PMB 65 Gadau Bauchi Nigeria yitas@basug.edu.ng.
Naseer K ADepartment of Physics, Farook College (Autonomous) Kozhikode 673632 India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1809-9964
Abubakr M IdrisDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University Abha 62529 Saudi Arabia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4038-4769
Md Habib UllahDepartment of Physics, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) 408/1, Kuratoli, Khilkhet Dhaka 1229 Bangladesh.
Mayeen Uddin KhandakerCentre for Applied Physics and Radiation Technologies, School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University Bandar Sunway 47500 Selangor Malaysia mu_khandaker@yahoo.com.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-294X
Bauchi State University · NGAmerican International University-Bangladesh · BDDaffodil International University · BDKing Khalid University · SASacred Heart College · INUniversity of Technology Malaysia · MY

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Abstract

This work investigates the structural, elastic, electronic, and photoabsorption properties of boron- (N-deficient) and nitrogen- (B-deficient) doped single-walled boron nitride nanotube (SWBNNT) for photocatalytic applications for the first time. All calculations of the optimized systems were performed with DFT quantum simulation codes. The results of the structural analysis showed that SWBNNT is stable to both B and N dopants. It was also observed that the photodecomposition activity of the B-doped nanotube improved significantly under the condition of slight compressive stress, while it decreased for the N-doped nanotube. Therefore, N-doped SWBNNT showed poor performance under external pressure. Both B and N-doped systems could narrow the wide band gap of SWBNNT to the photocatalytic region below 3 eV, therefore this material can be used as photocatalysts in water splitting for hydrogen evolution, dye degradation, wastewater treatment,

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PMCPMC10410231
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