A novel diatomite-immobilized BiOI hybrid photocatalyst has been prepared by a facile one-step deposition process for the first time.
The diatomite-immobilized BiOI hybrid photocatalyst exhibits much better photocatalytic performance.
This enhancement should be attributed to that diatomite can play as an excellent carrier platform to increase the reactive sites and promote the separation of photogenerated electron–hole pairs.
This work shed new light on facile fabrication of novel composite photocatalyst based on natural mineral.