Efficient Sunlight-Induced Methylene Blue Removal over One-Dimensional Mesoporous Monoclinic BiVO₄ Nanorods

Table 2

Preliminary test for the adsorption and degradation performances of MB on mesoporous BiVO₄, nanorods, SSR-BiVO₄ and P25, respectively.

	BiVO4 nanorods	SSR-BiVO4	P25
Initial concentration (10^−5 mol/L)	5	5	5
Adsorption removal^a (10^−5 mol/L/%)	1.380/27.6	0.570/11.4	0.490/9.8
Photodegradation removal^b (10^−5 mol/L/%)	3.560/71.2	0.585/11.7	0.220/4.4
Total removal^c (10^−5 mol/L/%)	4.940/98.8	1.155/23.1	0.710/14.2

^aTotal removal in the dark using photocatalyst.
^bTotal removal−adsorption removal = photodegradation removal.
^cTotal removal under light illumination using photocatalyst.