The invention belongs to the technical field of nano composite materials and relates to a synthesis method of a BiVO4-Ni / Co3O4
heterojunction. The synthesis method comprises the following steps of: growing a layer of BiOI nanoparticles on an FTO substrate by adopting an electro-deposition method; dropwise adding a
vanadyl acetylacetonate aqueous solution on the surface of the FTO; performing calcining at a high temperature to generate
bismuth vanadate (BiVO4); obliquely placing FTO in a deionized water solution containing Co (NO3) 2.6 H2O, Ni (NO3) 2.6 H2O, C6H12N4, CH4N2O and NH4F through continuous
ion adsorption reaction; performing
hydrothermal reaction at 120-200 DEG C for 2-5 hours, taking out an obtained product, cleaning the product with deionized water; annealing the product at 300-500 DEG C for 1.5-3 hours; and naturally cooling the product to
room temperature to obtain the BiVO4-Ni / Co3O4
heterojunction. The prepared
heterojunction is used as a photoelectrode to be applied tophotoelectrochemical
hydrolysis reaction. According to the preparation method, a simple electro-deposition method and a hydrothermal method are utilized, therefore, the method is simple in operationand has good
repeatability; the used materials are low in cost, large in reserves and non-toxic, and meets the requirement for environmental friendliness; the
prepared material can significantly reduce the interface reaction barrier, effectively inhibit
solid-
liquid interface charge recombination, accelerate water oxidation reaction
kinetics and improve the
photocurrent density so as to better utilize
solar energy.