Hierarchical BiOBr microspheres with oxygen vacancies synthesized via reactable ionic liquids for dyes removal

Hierarchical BiOBr microspheres with oxygen vacancies, which can be used for the dyes removal, have been synthesized successfully in the presence of different kinds of ionic liquids. It was revealed that BiOBr prepared by the ionic liquids with short chain length exhibited higher photocatalytic activity in the degradation of methyl orange (MO) under visible light. The experimental results showed that the phenomenon of the photocatalytic degradation of MO can be explained by the photoluminescence spectra.