Facet-induced charge transfer and photocatalytic performance of an S-scheme hybrid heterojunction composed of porous g-C3N4 nanosheets and WO3 nanorods with exposed high-energy (0 0 1) facets

•A WOAT@PCN hybrid of g-C3N4 and WO3 with exposed (001) facets was developed.•The WOAT@PCN hybrid affords marked activity for toxic pharmaceuticals degradation.•The beneficial properties of WOAT and S-scheme charge transfer contributed to high activity.•The WOAT@PCN hybrid exhibited high stability and recyclability over consecutive test runs.•TOC results demonstrated the effective mineralization of the pollutants by the hybrid catalyst.