In the process of electro-activation of PDS by carbon cathode, PNP was removed from water mainly through SO4˙− produced by cathode, ˙OH and 1O2 produced indirectly, direct electron transfer and non-free radical oxidation of anode.
N atoms were selectively doped at substitutional or interstitial sites in the MnO2 lattice using N2 plasma. This research provides a site-selective N-doping method and a deep insight into the different effects of doping sites.