The invention discloses an iron-carbon modified
zirconium oxide composite photocatalyst as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
wastewater treatment. According to the preparation method, firstly, waste
nitrogen-containing
biomass is used for replacing chemical reagents such as
ethylenediamine to serve as raw materials to prepare
carbon quantum dots (CQDs), and then Fe and CQDs are loaded on
amorphous phase ZrO2 through a simple ultrasonic method. According to the preparation method disclosed by the invention, the stability of ZrO2 is retained, and meanwhile, the photo-response range of the
composite material is successfully extended by utilizing common modification of Fe and CQDs,
oxygen vacancies (OVs) in the material are further increased, the separation of photo-induced electrons and holes is promoted, and the service life of interface carriers is prolonged, so that the photocatalytic performance of the
composite material is remarkably improved. The high adsorption affinity of ZrO2 to
glyphosate is utilized, and regulation and control of Fe and CQDs on hole
electron pair separation and compounding are combined, so that the ZrO2, the Fe and the CQDs achieve a synergistic interaction effect, the goals of synergistic adsorption /
photocatalytic degradation of
glyphosate and reutilization are achieved, and the application of ZrO2 in the field of
photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants is expanded.