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Visible-light driven photocatalyst bismuth vanadate (BiVO4) photocatalyst was synthesized by the polyol route using ethylene glycol.The precipitate was washed,dried and calcined at 450℃ for 3 hr.The sample was characterized by X-ray diffractometry (XRD),field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM),zeta potential,surface area (BET method) and band gap energy via diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS).The synthesized BiVO4 has a monoclinic phase with a surface area of 4.3 m2/g and a band gap energy of 2.46 eV.A majority of the particles were in the range of 90-130 nm as obtained from the particle size distribution histrogram.The efficiency of the sample as a visible-light driven photocatalyst was examined by photodegrading Methylene Blue (MB).The effects of some operational photodegradation parameters such as mass loading,initial dye concentration and pH were also examined.Experimental design methodology was applied by response surface modeling and optimization of the removal of MB.The multivariate experimental design was employed to develop a quadratic model as a functional relationship between the percentage removal of MB and three experim ental factors (BiVO4 loading,MB initial concentration and pH).The percentage removal of MB approached 67.21％ under optimized conditions.In addition,a satisfactory goodness-of-fit was achieved between the predictive and the experimental results.