Ternary Z-scheme photocatalysts were constructed using metal-organic frameworks-based AgI/Ag/Cu$_3$(BTC)$_2$ composites via a facile procedure. The morphology, structure, chemical composition, optical and photo-electrochemical properties of the photocatalysts were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction(XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV–vis diffuse reflectance (DRS) spectroscopy. The photocatalytic tetracycline (TC) degradation demonstrated that all the AgI/Ag/Cu$_3$(BTC)$_2$ photocatalysts have higher photocatalytic activity than that of pure Cu$_3$(BTC)$_2$ and 20% AgI/Ag/Cu$_3$(BTC)$_2$ has the highest TC degradation efficiency. Moreover,20% AgI/Ag/Cu$_3$(BTC)$_2$ also has greatly enhanced photocatalytic activities with TC degradation rate 3.41 times and 4.42times higher than that of AgI/Cu-BTC and Cu-BTC, respectively. A possible indirect Z-scheme mechanism was alsoproposed according to the trapping experiment and band structures of the photocatalyst. The improved photocatalytic activity of the composite can be attributed to the incorporation of Ag and its Z-scheme structures.

Pt nanoparticles were deposited on NiCo alloy nanosheet arrays using carbon papers as substrates to fabricate the disposable non-enzymatic glucose sensing electrodes. The electrochemical performance of NiCo-Pt nanosheet arrays were systematically investigated. The NiCo-Pt-3 electrode displayed the best glucose sensing performance with high sensitivities of 4903.43 and 2258.21 ${\mu}$A·mM$^{–1}$·cm$^{–2}$ in the wide linear ranges of 1 ${\sim}$M–8 mM ($R^2$ = 0.999) and 8 mM–20mM ($R^2$ = 0.996), respectively. The detection limit at 0.6 V was about 0.25 ${\sim}$M (S/N = 3). The incorporation of Pt greatly improved the electrocatalytic activity of NiCo-Pt-3 for glucose oxidation, during which Pt can not only act as the chargetransfer promoter to improve the catalytic activity of NiCo alloy, but also serve as electrocatalyst for direct glucose oxidation. Moreover, NiCo-Pt-3 also demonstrated high selectivity and preferable feasibility for serum sample analysis.The study of the NiCo-Pt-3 nanosheet array may provide a promising way to construct highly efficient non-enzymatic glucose sensors.