The invention discloses a visible
light responsive photocatalyst Li3ZnBi5O10 and a preparation method thereof. The
chemical composition formula of the photocatalyst is Li3ZnBi5O10. The preparation method includes: (1) weighing and burdening 99.9% analytically pure chemical raw materials Li2CO3, ZnO and Bi2O3 according to the
chemical formula Li3ZnBi5O10; (2) mixing the well proportioned raw materials of step (1), putting the mixture into a ball milling tank, adding zirconia balls and
anhydrous ethanol, conducting ball-milling for 8h, carrying out mixing levigating, taking the mixture out, performing
drying, and conducting sieving by a 200-mesh
sieve; and (3) presintering the evenly mixed
powder of step (2) at 700-750DEG C, and conducting heat preservation for 6h, performing natural cooling to
room temperature, then decreasing the particle
diameter to less than 2 micrometers by
ball mill crushing, thus obtaining the Li3ZnBi5O10
powder. The preparation method provided by the invention is simple and low in cost, the prepared photocatalyst has excellent catalytic performance, can decompose harmful chemical substances under
visible light irradiation, and also has good stability, thus having good application prospect.