A new AgCl/Ag/AgFeO2 composite was synthesized for the first time via a simple precipitation method. The very detailed characterizations were enforced in photocatalytic activity and stability. The photocatalytic performance was studied by the degradation of the rhodamine B (RhB, a cationic dye) under visible irradiation. The as-prepared AgCl/Ag/AgFeO2 photocatalyst exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity and stability under the visible light region compared to pure AgCl and AgFeO2. About 97.47% of RhB can be removed in 60 min by the optimized AgCl/Ag/AgFeO2 composite, which was similar to 2.26 and similar to 10.83 times as fast as that pure AgCl and pure AgFeO2. After three cycles visible light irradiation experiments found that degradation rate of RhB reached 76.35%, which was still higher than pure AgCl and AgFeO2. The obviously enhanced photocatalytic activity of AgCl/Ag/AgFeO2 composites can be attributed to the efficient separation of electron-hole pairs of the Z-scheme heterostructure between AgCl, Ag and AgFeO2. In this study, we also found the superoxide radicals (O-center dot(2)-) was considered to be the dominant active radical in the degradation of dye. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.