1 Supplementary materials

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4Table SM-1 Comparisons of process parameters and COD removal between the actual

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6Table SM-2 Fluorescence intensities of the observed peaks in the influent and effluent

7Table SM-3 First-, second- and third-order kinetics and corresponding constants for

8COD removal (k is the rate constant)

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12Fig. SM-1. An electron-Fenton system

13Fig. SM-2. Third-order kinetic fitted curves for different COD influent concentrations

14pre-treated by EF process (2.8 mA cm-2, 2 h reaction time, 3.0 initial pH)

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Parameters Actual Optimized

Current density (mA cm-2) 2.8 3.2

Reaction time (h) 2 2
Initial pH 3.0 2.6
COD removal (%) 69.2 70.0
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Influent Effluent Removal

Ex/Em Fluorescence Ex/Em Fluorescence Efficiency
(nm) intensity(a.u) (nm) intensity(a.u) (%)
Peak B1 270/298 279.2 270/298 201.20 27.9
Peak B2 224/300 135.62 224/300 88.24 34.9
Peak T 228/358 157.89 228/360 115.06 27.1
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COD concentration First-order kinetics Second-order kinetics Third-order kinetics

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Linear Fitting
ln Ct－T 1/Ct－T 1/Ct2－T
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2858 0.0086 0.7958 0.0062 0.9166 10-8 0.9756
2156 -0.0061 0.8663 0.0047 0.9109 7×10-9 0.9365
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713 0.009 0.8895 0.0248 0.9441 10 0.9648
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