Photocatalysis is a green and efficient technol. for degradation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in water, and development of novel photocatalyst with high activity is urgently needed.In this study, a class of composite photocatalysts (KT-xCQDs-yT), i.e., carbon quantum dots (CQDs) decorated K2Ti6O13 nanotube (KTNT), were prepared via a facile hydrothermal treatment combined with calcination.The optimized photocatalyst (KT-2.0-300) exhibited high photocatalytic activity for naproxen (NPX) degradation, achieving 100 % degradation efficiency within 20 min.In addition, the pseudo-first-order rate constant (k1) for KT-2.0-300 was ∼52 times higher than that for neat KTNT without CQDs decoration.D. functional theory (DFT) calculations further demonstrate that due to the introduction of CQDs, the electrons of Ti 3d are in a spin polarized state in KTNT, which greatly inhibits the recombination of photogenerated electron-hole pairs.In addition, CQDs can receive electrons from O 2p and transfer them to Ti 3d, which further improves the electron transfer efficiency and promotes reactive species generation.Photogenerated holes (h+) and hydroxyl radical (•OH) were demonstrated the primary reactive species during NPX degradationThen based on identification of degradation intermediates and DFT calculation on Fukui index of NPX, the speculative pathway of NPX degradation involved three primary routes: demethoxylation, decarboxylation and dehydroxylation.Deep degradation of NPX in the photocatalysis system also leads to efficient detoxification of NPX.This study presents a feasible method for synthesis of titanate-based photocatalysts with significant potential for the removal of PPCPs from wastewater.