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Facile Synthesis of BiVO₄@ZIF-8 Composite with Heterojunction Structure for Photocatalytic Wastewater Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Water pollution has always been a serious problem across the world; therefore, facile pollutant degradation via light irradiation has been an attractive issue in the field of environmental protection. In this study, a type of Zn-based metal-organic framework (ZIF-8)-wrapped BiVO₄ nanorod (BiVO₄@ZIF-8) with high efficiency for photocatalytic wastewater treatment was synthesized through a two-step hydrothermal method. The heterojunction structure of BiVO₄@ZIF-8 was confirmed by morphology characterization. Due to the introduction of mesoporous ZIF-8, the specific surface area reached up to 304.5 m²/g, which was hundreds of times larger than that of pure BiVO₄ nanorods. Furthermore, the band gap of BiVO₄@ZIF-8 was narrowed down to 2.35 eV, which enabled its more efficient utilization of visible light. After irradiation under visible light for about 40 min, about 80% of rhodamine B (RhB) was degraded, which was much faster than using pure BiVO₄ or other BiVO₄-based photocatalysts. The synergistic photocatalysis mechanism of BiVO₄@ZIF-8 is also discussed. This study might offer new pathways for effective degradation of wastewater through facile design of novel photocatalysts.

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