Keywords: three-dimensional system AuPd/Fe 3 O 4 ionic liquids kinetic study degradation mechanism A B S T R A C T Ionic liquids (ILs) have been reported to be toxic and harmful to aquatic and terrestrial organisms, thus it is imperative to remove the residual ILs in various effluents. In this work, a three-dimensional (3D) electrocatalytic system with synthesized AuPd/Fe 3 O 4 nanoparticles (NPs) as particle electrodes (PEs) was established for the degradation of typical 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium ([BMIM]) based ILs. The assynthesized AuPd/Fe 3 O 4 possessed preferable electrochemical properties for in situ supplement of H 2 O 2 and renewable Fe species. This 3D electrocatalytic system exhibited excellent performance with 100% removal rate of BMIM in 90 min under 120 mA, pH 3, and 1 g/L dosage of AuPd/Fe 3 O 4 NPs. Kinetics study revealed that the degradation rule of BMIM well followed the anodic Fenton treatment (AFT) model, in which the variation of the degradation rate was positively correlated with that of dissolved Fe 2+ , while significantly differed from the evolution of H 2 O 2 . Particularly, the appearance of the H 2 O 2 inflection point suggested the optimal effectiveness of AuPd/Fe 3 O 4 -based 3D electrocatalysis. During this electrocatalytic process, the active HO was produced over the AuPd/Fe 3 O 4 PEs, thereby initiated the highly efficient degradation of BMIM into 1-butyl-3-methyl-2,4,5-trioxoimidazolidine, 1-butyl-3-methylurea and N-butyl-formamide as main intermediates. The electrocatalytic stability of the AuPd/Fe 3 O 4 PEs over seven times further indicated the potential applicability for organic wastewater treatment.