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Nanosized Ba1-xBixFe1-xCuxO3 (12-50 nm) with x values of 0,0.01,0.05,and 0.1 system was prepared using the Pechini method.Structural,morphological,surface and optical charac-terizations were performed for the prepared samples.Cubic phase was the predominant phase for the undoped BaFeO3 and Bi and Cu co-doped BaFeO3 samples.Minor phases of monoclinic Ba2Fe2O5,orthorhombic BaFe2O4 and orthorhombic BaCO3 were identified for all the prepared samples.Ba0.95Bi0.05Fe0.95Cu0.05O3 sample has the lowest band gap (2.43 eV).98.1% paracetamol removal was achieved with 0.75 g/L of Ba0.95Bi0.05Fe0.95Cu0.05O3 at pH 9 af-ter 120 min.The paracetamol degradation follows the pseudo first-order kinetics.HO· is the main oxidative species responsible for the paracetamol degradation.Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis was performed at the end of the photocatalytic degra-dation experiment under optimum operating condition using Ba0.95Bi0.05Fe0.95 Cu0.05O3 to ex-plain the reaction mechanism and identify the intermediate by-products which is confirmed by ultraviolet/visible (UV/Vis) spectroscopy study at different reaction times.