Visible-light-assisted persulfate activation by SnS/MIL-88B(Fe) Z-scheme heterojunction for enhanced degradation of ibuprofen.

Herein, a highly efficient Z-scheme SnS/MIL-88B (Fe) (SnSFe) heterojunction was successfully synthesized to use both as photocatalysts and persulfate (PS) activator for ibuprofen (IBP) degradation. Flower-liked SnS was uniformly loaded on MIL-88B (Fe), and SnSFe retained the original polyhedral morphology of MIL-88B (Fe). The highest removal of IBP was achieved in the presence of SnSFe with 0.5% SnS(SnSFe0.5). Characteristic results and density functional theory calculations demonstrated that the enhanced degradation of IBP was due to the difference in Fermi energy levels of SnS and MIL-88B (Fe) leading to electrons transferred from SnS to MIL-88B (Fe), and SnO bond was formed in SnSFe. , OH and O were the main active species in SnSFe0.5/PS/visible light system. Z-scheme heterojunction of SnSFe was constructed to propose the degradation mechanism. This research revealed that the synergism of photocatalysis and PS activation using SnS/Fe-based MOFs composites possessed great potentials in wastewater remediation.