The invention discloses a
bismuth molybdate photocatalyst preparation method. According to the present invention, the nanometer photocatalyst is prepared with a surfactant
polyethylene glycol as a template agent by adjusting the use amount of the template agent through a hydrothermal method; the prepared nanometer photocatalyst is characterized by using an X-
ray diffractometer, a scanning electronmicroscope, an
ultraviolet-visible
diffuse reflection and specific surface meter, and the results show that the prepared
bismuth molybdate is the mixture of cubic phase Bi3.64Mo0.36O6.55 and the monoclinic phase Bi2MoO6, and the morphology is the mixture of nano-sheets and nanoparticles; the
photocatalytic degradation of
rhodamine B and
phenol by Bi3.64Mo0.36O6.55 / Bi2MoO6 is studied under visiblelight
irradiation, and the influence of the use amount of
polyethylene glycol on the visible
light activity during the preparation of the photocatalyst is investigated, wherein the results show thatthe photocatalytic activity is the best when the use amount of
polyethylene glycol is 20 g.L<-1>; 2.5 h
visible light irradiation can achieve the decoloration of 100%
Rhodamine B, and the degradationrate of
phenol after 12 h
irradiation reaches 35.15%; and the
hydrogen peroxide produced in the
system is determined by using a DPD
spectrophotometry method, and the tests with tert-
butanol, potassiumiodide and other capture agents are supplemented, such that it is surmised that the catalytic mechanism mainly comprises hole oxidation and
superoxide radical synergistic oxidation.