Visible-light-assisted persulfate activation by SnS2/MIL-88B(Fe) Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced degradation of ibuprofen

Herein, a highly efficient Z-scheme SnS2/MIL-88B (Fe) (SnSFe) heterojunction was successfully synthesized to use both as photocatalysts and persulfate (PS) activator for ibuprofen (IBP) degradation. Flower-liked SnS2 was uniformly loaded on MIL-88B (Fe), and SnSFe retained the original polyhedral morphology of MIL-88B (Fe). The highest removal of IBP was achieved in the presence of SnSFe with 0.5% SnS2(SnSFe0.5). Characteristic results and density functional theory calculations demonstrated that the enhanced degradation of IBP was due to the difference in Fermi energy levels of SnS2 and MIL-88B (Fe) leading to electrons transferred from SnS2 to MIL-88B (Fe), and Sn-O bond was formed in SnSFe., (OH)-O-center dot and O-2(center dot) were the main active species in SnSFe0.5/PS/visible light system. Z-scheme heterojunction of SnSFe was constructed to propose the degradation mechanism. This research revealed that the synergism of photocatalysis and PS activation using SnS2/Fe-based MOFs composites possessed great potentials in wastewater remediation. (C) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.