Abstract
A unique lamellar WO3/AgI S-scheme heterojunction is constructed via integrated hydrothermal and coprecipitation methods. Optimized WO3/AgI composite shows significantly enhanced photocatalytic ciprofloxacin (CIP) degradation under visible light irradiation, achieving a removal rate of 53.4 % within 3 h, which is about 7.63 and 1.56 times superior than those of pristine WO3 and AgI, respectively. The characterizations, experiment results and Density Functional Theoretical (DFT) calculation results confirm the enhanced light absorption, well-aligned straddling band structures and reasonable formation of S-scheme heterojunction with efficient photogenerated carriers transfer between WO3 and AgI. Moreover, O2− and h+ are identified as the main active species, with O2− plays a dominant role in WO3/AgI during the photocatalytic degradation of CIP. This work elucidates a possible approach to develop photocatalysts with a high antibiotic removal efficiency through a higher reducing ability and stronger oxidizing ability of S-scheme heterojunction by reasonable structure configuration.
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