The invention belongs to the technical field of photocatalyst synthesis, and concretely relates to a
niobium hydroxide visible-light-driven photocatalyst having a wide-spectral catalytic performance and
grafting with
aromatic alcohol on the surface, and preparation and application thereof. A preparation method of the
niobium hydroxide visible-light-driven photocatalyst comprises the steps of adopting columbium pentachloride as a
niobium source, and hydrolyzing the columbium pentachloride at a certain temperature so as to firstly prepare niobium
hydroxide; then adopting the
aromatic alcohol as an
organic solvent, and carrying out
condensation reaction on the niobium hydroxide and
aromatic alcohol molecules under a
solvent thermal condition; and centrifugally separating, washing and
drying an obtained
solid substance so as to obtain the niobium hydroxide
grafting with the aromatic
alcohol on the surface. The niobium hydroxide
grafting with the aromatic
alcohol on the surface prepared by the invention is yellow
powder, can effectively absorb visible light, and degrades
pollutant rhodamine B,
methyl orange and
phenol under the
visible light radiation; and reactions such as preparation of
benzaldehyde through selective oxidation of phenylcarbinol, reduction of heavy
metal ion hexavalent chromium Cr (VI), and
reductive dechlorination of
chlorophenol pollutants show that the niobium hydroxide grafting with the aromatic
alcohol on the surface has better catalytic activity, is non-toxic, high-efficient, not easy to inactivate, and wide in application range, and has a favorable application prospect in the
photocatalysis field.