Table 3. Summary of Previous Studies on the Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceutical Pollutants Using MoS₂-Based Materials.

no.	photocatalyst used	target pollutants	concentration of pollutants	irradiation time	source of light	degradation efficiency	ref
1	25 ppm of MoS2/TiO2	acetaminophen	not mentioned	25 min	natural sunlight	40%	(107)
2	CdS-MoS2-coated ZnO	amoxicillin	5 mg/L (50 mL)	60 min	300 W Xe lamp	94.0%	(108)
3	40 mg of MoS2@ZnxCd1–xS	amoxicillin	0.1 g/L (80 mL)	300 min	300 W Xe lamp	highest degradation was 38.3%	(109)
4	C3N4–MoS2	ampicillin	40 ppm (100 mL)	2 h	300 W Xe lamp	74.6%	(110)
5	12 mg of CdSe QDs@MoS2	ceftriaxone sodium	20 mg/mL (50 mL)	180 min	300 W Xe lamp	85.5%	(111)
6	20 mg of MoS2/BiOBr	ciprofloxacin	10 mg/L (100 mL)	6 h	300 W Xe lamp	87.0%	(112)
7	50 mg of MoS2/CoTiO3	ciprofloxacin	20 ppm (50 mL)	90 min	natural sunlight	91.8%	(74)
8	30 mg of CoS2/MoS2/rGO	ciprofloxacin	10 mg/L (100 mL)	75 min	150 W halogen lamp	94.0%	(113)
9	20 mg of pomelo-peel-biochar-decorated MoS2	ciprofloxacin	10 mg/L (100 mL)	90 min	300 W Xe lamp	92.0%	(114)
10	0.7 g/L of In2O3/MoS2/Fe3O4	esomeprazole	35 ppm (50 mL)	50 min	23 W white LED lamp	92.9%	(115)
11	10 mg of MoS2/C	levofloxacin	70 mg/L (100 mL)	180 min	30 mW cm–2 Xe lamp	86.9%	(116)
12	0.5 g/L of CeO2–ZrO2@MoS2	naproxen	10 mg/L (50 mL)	40 min	250 W white LED lamp	96.0%	(117)
13	0.1 g of CdS/MoS2/ZnO	ofloxacin	10 ppm (50 mL)	90 min	400 W Xe lamp	89.0%	(105)
14	20 mg of Ti3C2/MoS2	ranitidine	10 mg/L (20 mL)	60 min	300 W Xe lamp	degradation efficiency = 88.4%	(118)
						mineralization efficiency = 73.58%
15	20 mg of BiOI/MoS2	tetracycline	20 mg/L (65 mL)	75 min	not mentioned	91.6%	(85)
16	0.15 mg of MoS2/BiOBr/carbon fibers	tetracycline	20 mg/L (10 mL)	120 min	300 W Xe lamp	92.4%	(119)
17	10 mg of CoS2/MoS2@Zeolite	tetracycline	0.2 g/L (50 mL)	2 h	300 W Xe lamp	96.7%	(120)
18	0.01 g of MoS2/g-C3N4/ Bi24O31Cl10	tetracycline	20 mg/L (50 mL)	50 min	300 W Xe lamp	97.5%	(121)
19	10 mg of MoS2/Ag/g-C3N4	tetracycline	20 mg/L (50 mL)	50 min	300 W Xe lamp	98.9%	(104)
20	MoS2/Eu/B-g-C3N4	tetracycline	20 mg/L (50 mL)	50 min	300 W Xe lamp	99.0%	(122)
21	CoS2/MoS2/rGO	tetracycline	20 mg/L (100 mL)	10 min	150 W halogen lamp	complete degradation	(113)
22	10 mg of MoS2@zeolite	tetracycline	0.2 g/L (50 mL)	180 min	300 W Xe lamp	87.2%	(123)
23	20 mg of MnFe2O4/MoS2	tetracycline	20 mg/L (100 mL)	60 min	300 W Xe lamp	composite with the mass ratio of MnFe2O4 and MoS2	(124)
						1:10 = 80.9%
						1:50 = 74.3%
						1:1 = 65.3%
						pure MnFe2O4 = 24.8%
						pure MoS2 = 31.7%