Flower-like FeMoO4@1T-MoS2 micro-sphere for effectively cleaning binary dyes via photo-Fenton oxidation

[Display omitted] •Co-catalytic effect of 1 T-MoS2 greatly enhances the efficiency of photo-Fenton degradation.•The degradation efficiency of MB and RhB both reached 99.8% in 18 min.•The ·OH and visible light have synergistic in the photo-Fenton degradation system.•Density functional theory (DFT) was used to simulate the adsorption energy of H2O2. Right here, flower-like FeMoO4@1T-MoS2 composites were prepared by modifying FeMoO4 microspheres with two-dimensional lamellar 1T-MoS2 as co-catalyst, which was used for photo-Fenton catalysis degradation of binary dyes mixed with methylene blue (MB) and rhodamine B (RhB). Then various parameters affecting the generation of ·OH in the system were investigated. Systematic research shows that the degradation efficiency of MB and RhB can reach 99.8% in 18 min when the Mo/Fe molar ratio of the composite is 1:1. Furthermore, these experiments data were fitted by pseudo-first order kinetics model and pseudo-second order kinetics model. Subsequently the density functional theory (DFT) simulation results showed that FeMoO4 exhibited excellent adsorption for H2O2, and the introduction of 1T-MoS2 played a certain role in the adsorption and activation of H2O2. Finally, the degradation pathways of MB and RhB were proposed to determine intermediates during photo-Fenton process by LC-MS and the reaction mechanism was detailed investigated by quenching experiment of active free radicals. FeMoO4@1T-MoS2 has also excellent stability and highlights the potential and prospect of the composite for dye wastewater treatment.