This invention provides a visible
light responsive titanium dioxide photocatalyst, its preparation method, and its application. The photocatalyst has a core-shell structure or a
heterojunction interface structure and includes the following components: matrix material: modified nano-
titanium dioxide; modifying material: chiral
carbon quantum dots; the chiral
carbon quantum dots are grown in situ or grafted onto the surface of the matrix material through Ti-O-C chemical bonds or strong electrostatic interactions; the photocatalyst utilizes the
spin filtering effect generated by the CISS effect of the chiral
carbon quantum dots, so that the photogenerated electrons injected into the matrix and the remaining holes are in a spin-forbidden state, thereby inhibiting recombination; this invention uses physical laws rather than simple
energy level matching to inhibit recombination, significantly improving the
quantum efficiency; the long-lived electrons and holes can continuously generate active free radicals, effectively overcoming the difficult-to-degrade VOCs containing
benzene ring structures such as
toluene, and reducing the generation of intermediate products; the raw materials used are all inexpensive
chemical products, free from heavy
metal pollution, and suitable for large-scale industrial production.