Visible-light-driven photocatalyst sillenite Bi25VO40 nanoparticle was developed.
Bi25VO40 shows an efficient absorption in the UV–visible region with a narrowed band-gap.
Bi25VO40 nanoparticles show a photocatalytic activity on methylene blue photo-degradation.
The lattice has the strong polarizing fields, rich vacancies, and high openness.
The good photocatalytic ability is related to structure specialties.