h-BN nanosheet-modified Ag2WO4 nanocomposite for improved photocatalytic dye removal: Insights into catalyst stability and reusability

•h-BN/Ag2WO4 nanocomposite photocatalyst successfully synthesized using a simple wet chemical approach.•Various spectroscopic andmicroscopic are used to examine structural, morphological, and optical properties.•Catalyst exhibited excellent photocatalytic efficiency, high catalyst stability and reusability.•Composites demonstrated variable quantum yields, space–time yields, figures of merit, and kinetic reaction rates.•A plausible reaction mechanism was demonstrated to explain the photocatalytic process.