The invention provides a method for preparing
iodine pentafluoride through
photocatalysis, which comprises the following steps: mixing
silver iodide and
iodine pentafluoride in a reactor, introducing
mixed gas of
fluorine and protective gas, carrying out
photocatalytic reaction under the
irradiation of
ultraviolet light, and separating to obtain the
iodine pentafluoride. The
reaction speed of
silver iodide and
fluorine is increased by utilizing the photosensitive characteristic of
silver iodide, so that the reaction efficiency of
iodine pentafluoride preparation is improved, and the
iodide-based
iodine pentafluoride production process is efficient, economical and feasible. The
reaction speed is increased by adopting a
photocatalysis method, the reaction
completion time is only 5 hours, and the energy utilization efficiency and the production efficiency are high; and the
iodine pentafluoride is produced by using the silver
iodide as the
raw material, and the byproduct is high-value
silver fluoride, so that the value-added utilization of the
raw material is realized, and the economic benefit is good. The method is simple in technological process, mild and controllable in reaction process, good in stability and more beneficial to industrial production.