Bismuth oxyfluoride (BiOF) is one of the semiconductors that can be used for environmental remediation-based photocatalytic applications. However, the rising star of bismuth-based photocatalysts such as BiVO₄, Bi₂MoO₆, BiFeO₃, BiOI, BiOBr, and BiOCl photocatalysts are hiding the evolution of BiOF photocatalysts. However, researchers keep on modifying the limitations of BiOF such as UV light active, poor charge separation and migration towards energy conversion and environmental applications. Several reviews were explored in the combination of BiOI, BiOBr, and BiOCl for energy and environmental applications and no other reviews specifically summarize the research progress of BiOF photocatalyst. Hence, this review describes the strange BiOF photocatalysts growth and their various synthesis methods advantages, structural, electronic, and optical properties. In addition, BiOF performance enhancement strategies such as modification with dopants, creation of defects, heterojunction construction, and incorporations of carbon-based materials towards improve the photocatalytic activity, charge transfer kinetics, stability, and efficiency. Furthermore, this review offers the future direction of energy and environmental such as photocatalytic nitrogen fixation and CO₂ reduction to solar fuels.

氟氧化铋（BiOF）是可用于基于环境修复的光催化应用的半导体之一。_{然而，BiVO 4}、Bi ₂ MoO ₆、BiFeO _{3 、BiOI、BiOBr和BiOCl光催化剂}等铋基光催化剂的后起之秀掩盖了BiOF光催化剂的发展。然而，研究人员不断改进 BiOF 的局限性，例如紫外光活性、电荷分离差以及向能量转换和环境应用的迁移。关于BiOI、BiOBr和BiOCl组合在能源和环境应用方面的研究已有多篇综述，没有其他综述专门总结BiOF光催化剂的研究进展。因此，这篇综述描述了奇怪的 BiOF 光催化剂的生长及其各种合成方法的优点、结构、电子和光学特性。此外，BiOF 性能增强策略，如掺杂剂改性、缺陷产生、异质结构建以及碳基材料的掺入，可提高光催化活性、电荷转移动力学、稳定性和效率。此外，本综述还提出了能源和环境的未来发展方向，例如光催化固氮和将CO ₂还原为太阳能燃料。