Abstract To address the bottleneck issue of poor carrier separation and transfer efficiency in NiCo₂O₄ photocatalyst, a novel 1D/2D-rod on rose like NiCO₂O₄/BiOI nanohybrid with abundant OV’s was successfully synthesized using a single step hydrothermal method and employed to the photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB). The study revealed that the optimized NiCo₂O₄-OV/BiOI hybrid could possess superior photocatalytic degradation efficiency towards RhB degradation under visible light with rate constant that was 3.8 and 3.03 times greater than that of BiOI and NiCo₂O₄-OV. Experimental findings indicated that the formation NiCo₂CO₄-OV/BiOI heterojunction significantly improved the charge separation efficiency and facilitated the formation of surface OV’s. These OV’s enhanced photogenerated e⁻-h⁺ separation and increased catalytic efficiency. Quenching experiments results confirmed that both holes and superoxide radicals are playing crucial roles in the degradation process. Thus, an oxygen vacancy and engineering NiCo₂CO₄-OV/BiOI heterojunction enhanced degradation mechanism was proposed, offering insights for the integration of advanced oxidation technologies and the development of catalytic materials to enhance pollutant degradation efficiency.
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