| Summary: | ZnWO<sub>4</sub>MnPc was synthesized via a hydrothermal autoclave method with 1 wt.% manganese (iii) phthalocyanine content. The material was characterized for its structural and morphological features via X-ray diffraction (XRD) spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, transmission emission microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy-Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX), N<sub>2</sub> adsorption–desorption at 77K, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and UV-visible/diffuse reflectance spectroscopy(UV-vis/DRS). ZnWO<sub>4</sub>MnPc photocatalytic performance was tested on the degradation of bisphenol A (BPA). The ZnWO<sub>4</sub>MnPc material removed 60% of BPA after 4 h of 365 nm UV irradiation. Degradation process improved significantly to about 80% removal in the presence of added 5 mM H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> after 4 h irradiation. Almost 100% removal was achieved after 30 min under 450 nm visible light irradiation in the presence of same concentration of H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>. The effect of ions and humic acid (HA) towards BPA removal was also investigated.
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