“…Aer N-deethylation, rhodamine was degraded into intermediate VII (m/z 181.04 (M + )) with cleavage of the carbonnitrogen bond (C]N), which was responsible for visible absorbance at 553 nm for RhB and formation of several aromatic intermediates such as benzoic acid (VIII, m/z 122.55 (M + )) and phenol (IX, m/z 94.04 (M + )). 31 According to the pathway of photocatalytic degradation RhB by Bi-doped TiO 2 , RhB was degraded completely via four processes: N-deethylation, cleavage of chromophores, rings opening and mineralization. 32 Thus, the aromatic intermediates may be degraded into small molecule organic matters via ring opening with increased reaction time.…”