PbMoO4 oxide with scheelite structure was obtained by hydrothermal synthesis in the absence of additives. The material was characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and adsorption–desorption N2 isotherms. The organic dyes rhodamine B (rhB), indigo carmine (IC), orange G (OG), and methyl orange (MO) were selected as molecules model to study its photocatalytic degradation over PbMoO4 oxide under UV irradiation. Total organic carbon analysis of samples irradiated revealed that mineralization of organic dyes by the action of PbMoO4 was feasible in 80 % (rhB), 69 % (IC), 71 % (MO), and 65 % (OG) after 96 h of UV irradiation.
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