Performance of Novel Gd2O3 Catalysts in Sustainable Water Treatment: Enhanced Photocatalytic Degradation of Pharmaceuticals and Microplastics Norzahir Sapawe,1* Muhammad Farhan Hanafi,2 Mohammad Luqman Ismail,1 Norezatul Shahirah Ahmad Zamanhuri,1 Diyana Faziha Mohamad,1 Siti Fatimah Ibrahim,3 Lusi Ernawati,4 Mohammed Danish,5 Umar Kalmar Nizar,6
1Universiti Kuala Lumpur Branch Campus Malaysian Institute of Chemical and Bioengineering Technology (UniKL MICET), Lot 1988 Vendor City, 78000 Alor Gajah, Melaka, Malaysia
2Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
3School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT Leeds, United Kingdom
4Department of Chemical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Kalimantan, 76127, Balikpapan, Indonesia
5Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah (IUM), Abo Bakr Al Siddiq Road, Al Jamiah District, Madinah 42351, Kingdome of Saudi Arabia
6Jurusan Kimia, Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam, Universitas Negeri Padang, Sumatera Barat, Indonesia
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Keywords: Gd2O3 catalyst, photocatalysis, pharmaceuticals, microplastics, sustainable water treatment, solar irradiation
