The invention relates to a method and a device for removing heavy
metal ions in
wastewater by virtue of photoelectrocatalysis. According to the method, a
metal material is used as a photo-
anode, an organic substance contained in a reaction solution is used as a
reducing agent, the organic substance is excited by virtue of
ultraviolet illumination to generate free electrons and active free radicals, the active free radicals move to the photo-
anode and are oxidized under the action of an external
electric field, and the free electrons reduce the heavy
metal ions in the solution. The device comprises a metal photo-
anode, a counter
electrode, a direct-current power supply, an
ultraviolet source and a reaction vessel. Under an experimental condition, the rate of reducing Cr (VI) in the
wastewater by virtue of
titanium mesh photo-anode photoelectrocatalysis is 5.5 times that of typical TiO2 film
semiconductor catalyst under the same reaction condition, and the
repeatability is very good. The method and the device provided by the invention overcome certain defects of a photoelectrocatalysis technology and an electrocatalysis technology, and a new method capable of efficiently degrading the heavy metal ions in the
wastewater is put forward, and the method is very high in practical value and application prospect, and is easy to popularize and use.