“…It has attracted much attention as a Fenton-like reagent in wastewater treatment since the publication of studies of Anipsitakis and Dionysiou. 22,23 Persulfate has low oxidizing capacity (E 0 ¼ 2.01 V), but aer activation by factors such as such as heat, ultraviolet radiation, ultrasound, microwave (MW) (eqn (1)), and transition metals (eqn (2)), [23][24][25][26][27] it can generate sulfate radical (SO 4 c À ). This radical has a high oxidation potential, i.e., 2.6 V, which is close to that of hydroxyl radical (E 0 ¼ 2.8 V, halflife < 1 s).…”