The invention discloses a ZnO / g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: mixing
nitrogen-rich organicmatter and deionized water, performing heating in a water bath at 30-90 DEG C, after full stirring is performed, putting the stirred material into an oven, performing
drying, performing
grinding, performing primary high-temperature
calcination on the obtained precursor A in a
nitrogen environment, performing secondary high-temperature
calcination in an air environment, performing cooling, and performing
grinding to obtain g-C3N4; dissolving
zinc acetate into
methanol, performing
titration by using an alkaline solution, after a precipitate is completely precipitated, performing
centrifugation,performing washing, performing
drying, and performing high-temperature
calcination on the obtained precursor B to obtain ZnO; and performing ultrasonic mixing on the ZnO and the g-C3N4 for 0.5-3 h, adjusting the pH of the solution to 4-10 to form the ZnO / g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst. According to the method provided by the invention, the ZnO / g-C3N4 composite photocatalyst prepared by the methodcan effectively separate
electron hole pairs and reduce a
recombination rate of
electron holes, so that the photocatalytic activity is effectively improved.