Carbon dot-coupled BiVO4/reduced graphene hydrogel for significant enhancement of photocatalytic activity: Antibiotic degradation and CO2 reduction

In this study, we fabricated a novel hybrid photocatalyst (CD-BVO/rGH) by coupling carbon dot (CD)-decorated BiVO4 (BVO) with a reduced graphene hydrogel (rGH). The CD-BVO/rGH photocatalyst significantly enhanced the photocatalytic efficiency for tetracycline hydrochloride (TCH) degradation compared with pure BVO and BVO/rGH under simulated solar irradiation. CD-BVO/rGH also showed a substantial performance in the photocatalytic reduction of...