A N and Fe codoped monoclinic BiVO (N-Fe-BVO) photocatalyst was prepared via a conventional sol-gel method and was evaluated for the photocatalytic reduction of CO with HO under visible-light irradiation (>400 nm). As revealed by the structural and photoelectric characterization, the doped N and Fe species can enter the lattice of BiVO and induce the codopant levels in the forbidden region of BiVO, which helps in increasing visible-light absorption, suppressing charge recombination and promoting charge migration. Compared to pure or single-doped BiVO, the N-Fe-BVO photocatalyst exhibited substantially improved visible-light photocatalytic activity for CO reduction, with the highest hydrocarbon generation rate of 27 μmol h g and the corresponding quantum efficiency of 1.86% being obtained. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of N-Fe-BVO can be attributed to the synergistic effect of the simultaneous presence of the Fe and N dopants, and the possible photocatalytic mechanism was also proposed based on the characterization results.

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