The invention discloses a
bismuth vanadate light catalyst for exposing a high-activity
crystal face and a preparation method for the
bismuth vanadate light catalyst. The
bismuth vanadate light catalyst is a square corner
cut double-cone body and can selectively
expose the
crystal face (010); a
crystal phase is a monoclinic
scheelite phase; and the particle size of the crystal phase is 500 nanometers to 3 microns. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: dissolving
bismuth nitrate pentahydrate and
ammonium metavanadate, which are same in
molar weight, by dilute
nitric acid and weak aqua
ammonia, which are same in volume and concentration and are taken as solvents; under the condition of vigorous stirring, adding
sodium dodecyl sulfate into a
bismuth nitrate solution; then, mixing the
bismuth nitrate solution and an
ammonium metavanadate solution, stirring the
mixed solution for a period of time, adjusting the pH value of the
mixed solution to 6.5-8, crystallizing the
mixed solution for 12-48 hours at 160-200 DEG C, and performing centrifugal washing and
drying on a product, thus obtaining
bismuth vanadate nano particles. By the simple
hydrothermal synthesis preparation method, the operation is convenient, the reaction period is short, and the repetitiveness is high; and the prepared
bismuth vanadate light catalyst has a good visible
light response property and an excellent light
catalysis property.