Table 2.

Comparison table between literature and present work for dye mixture

Materials	Ex. source	Dye mixture	Dye removal capacity	Refs.
SrTiO3 synthesized using sodium carboxymethylcellulose	Mercury lamp 365 nm	RhB–MB binary solution	~ 100% in 180 min	Xie et al. (2018)
Ag+ doped TiO2	UV lamp (365 nm)	Crystal Violet and Methyl Red	> 99% on UV irradiation for 90 min	Gupta et al. (2006)
TiO2	UV-a lamps	Azodyes effluent from industry	28%(340 nm), 40(430 nm), 58(540 nm), 84 (610 nm)	Adamek et al. (2013)
Multi–phase BiVO4	UV lamp (254 nm)	MB and RhB	74% and 21% for catalyst (0.8 g/L) 60 min	Chomkitichai et al. (2019)
GO-TiO2-graphite electrode	9 W UV lamp	MB and AR14	86.74% (MB) and 82.48% (AR14) in 67 min at pH 10	Akerdi et al. (2020)
Graphene nanosheets	Sun light	CV, RhB and MB	~ 99.9% in 180 min(MB) 225 min (RhB and CV)	Gunture et al. (2019)
CoFe2O4–RGO (25%) catalyst	100 W reading lamp	Methyl orange, Methylene blue, Rhodamine B	99.9% removal in 120 min	Moitra et al. (2016)
PMMA Ag/ZnO/TiO2 nanofibers	Sun light	MB, Au, FB, Rh Each 3 ppm	81.2% 66.0% 74.4% in 150 min	Present work
		MB (3 ppm), Au (5 ppm), FB (1 ppm), Rh (1 ppm)	90.9% 62.4% 90.3% in 60 min	Present work

CV crystal violet, MB methylene blue, Rh or RhB rhodamine blue, MO methyl orange, FB fuchsin basic, MR methyl red, AR14 acid red14, Au auramine-O