“…8 Recently, the combination of persulfate activation with EC oxidation technology has shown great potential for the removal of refractory organics by introducing peroxymonosulfate (PMS) into EC degradation systems, mainly due to the formation of SO 4 ˙ − with higher redox potential (2.5–3.1 V), longer half-life (30–40 μs) and better applicability. 9–12 Despite this, a suitable electrocatalyst electrode with the features of high catalytic activity, low cost and environmental friendliness is still the focus of EC technology, besides adopting optimal degradation process parameters. Therefore, tremendous efforts have been concentrated on an exploration of electrocatalyst anodes and corresponding approaches to their preparation.…”