α-FeOOH-MoO3 Nanorod for Effective Photo-Fenton Degradation of Dyes and Antibiotics at a Wide Range of pH.

It's highly significant to develop a novel catalyst, which can be active at a wide range of pH, for an effective photo-Fenton reaction. In this work, α-FeOOH-MoO3 nanorod was prepared by a one-step hydrothermal method and applied in photo-Fenton degradation of organic pollutants. Benefit from the electron migration mechanism of Z-scheme and excellent photoelectric performance, the catalyst exhibited superior photo-Fenton activity in degradation of organic pollutants. In addition, the catalyst holds good stability after 5 recycles. These results demonstrated that this catalyst has wide application prospect in organic wastewater treatment.