Table 1.

A comparison of the photocatalytic performance of MBN-80 with previously published photocatalytic materials.

Sl.No	Photocatalyst	Light source	Pollutant/degradation efficiency	Ref.
1	BCN-80	300 W xenon lamp with 420 nm cutoff filter	U (VI)/97.40%	[17]
2	Ag2CrO4 / BN composite photocatalyst	visible light	rhodamine B/96.70%	[12]
3	Bi4O5I2/3 wt % BN composite photocatalyst	300 W xenon lamp	rhodamine B/80% bisphenol-A/97%	[36]
4	0.9 % g-BN/g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst	300 W xenon lamp with 420 nm cutoff filter	BPA/91.9%	[37]
5	HBN-S	300 W xenon lamp	2,4-dichlorophenol/77%	[38]
6	rGO/Fe3O4/ZnO composite photocatalyst	tungsten halogen	methylene violet/83%	[39]
7	Fe3O4/ZnO/pumice composite photocatalyst	green LED	rhodamine B/72%	[40]
8	Fe3O4/ZnO/CoWO4 composite photocatalyst	LED	MB/99%	[41]
9	HBN/titania composite photocatalyst	UV light with a wavelength of 365 nm	rhodamine B/98% MB/92%	[42]
10	5 wt % hBN/FeeO3 composite photocatalyst	250 W tungsten-halogen lamp	MB/91%	[11]
11	CaTiO3/BNQDs composite photocatalyst	sunlight	tetracycline/88.5%	[43]
12	MBN-80	LED light	MB/93.83% phenol/48.56%	present study