The invention discloses a semi-
metal material, namely a Te
nanowire /
graphene hydrogel composite material as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: adding
ammonium hydroxide and a
reducing agent, namely a hydrazine
hydrate solution, into a water solution of
sodium tellurate and
polyvinylpyrrolidone, performing uniform mixing, performing a
hydrothermal synthesis reaction, performing cooling to
room temperature, separating a
reaction product so as to obtain precipitate, washing the precipitate to be neutral, performing
drying and
grinding so as to obtain Te nanowires, adding a
graphene oxide suspension, performing uniform mixing, performing a
hydrothermal synthesis reaction, removing excessive
graphene oxide and Te nanowireswhich are not tightly compounded, and performing
freeze drying, so as to obtain the
composite material. The Te
nanowire / graphene
hydrogel composite material disclosed by the invention is simple in preparation method, has
photocatalysis sterilization and photo-thermal conversion performance, thermocatalytic sterilization can be promoted through a photo-thermal synergetic function, the inactivationratio is 70-100%, no chemical
reagent is additionally used, and the problem of secondary
pollution of a byproduct of a conventional sterilization technique can be effectively solved.