Citation: Tengyue ZHANG, Jingjing FENG, Zili LIANG, Jia′nan DAI, Jing MA. Optimization of C-doped BiVO₄ performance for tetracycline degradation using response surface methodology-assisted orthogonal experiments[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2025, 41(12): 2561-2574. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.20250104 shu

Optimization of C-doped BiVO₄ performance for tetracycline degradation using response surface methodology-assisted orthogonal experiments

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Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi′an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi′an 710055, China
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School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Xi′an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi′an 710055, China

Corresponding author: Jia′nan DAI, 867940804@qq.com Jing MA, majing@xauat.edu.cn
Received Date: 26 March 2025
Revised Date: 23 September 2025

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This study presents an integrated optimization strategy that synergistically combines response surface method(RSM) with orthogonal experimental design to achieve efficient performance enhancement of photocatalytic materials. The development of a carbon-doped bismuth vanadate (C-BiVO₄) photocatalytic system was employed in this strategy. Orthogonal experiments identified glucose addition as the most significant influencing factor (P is used to determine the significance of factors, P=0.016 1). RSM was used to establish a quantitative relationship between process parameters and photocatalytic performance. The experimental results revealed that 0.9%C-BiVO₄-10, prepared under the conditions of a reaction time of 12 h, temperature of 100 ℃, a volume ratio of HNO₃ to H₂O of 1.25∶1, and glucose addition of 0.01 g, achieved a tetracycline (TC) degradation efficiency of 80.07% under visible light irradiation. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectrum, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analyses demonstrated that carbon doping promotes the phase transition from tetragonal to monoclinic structures and facilitates the formation of regular sheet-like morphologies, thereby increasing active sites. Photoelectrochemical tests further confirmed that doping broadened the light absorption range, reduced carrier recombination rates, and decreased interfacial charge transfer resistance, significantly improving the photocatalytic performance of BiVO₄.
- photocatalyst,
- response surface methodology-assisted orthogonal experiments,
- bismuth vanadate,
- C-BiVO₄,
- tetracycline
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