A novel and efficient α‐MnO2‐N/C@active carbon (AC) catalyst was proposed and synthesized through a surface modification method based on imprinting process. Uniformly dispersed α‐MnO2 and N/C sites were constructed simultaneously and the competitive adsorption of metal precursors with nonmetal precursors was avoided. Conformational relationship of α‐MnO2‐N/C@AC revealed that α‐MnO2 and graphite N were the main active sites, cleverly forming synergistic catalytic effect, which results in a good degradation effect for two actual printing and dyeing wastewater. The removal rate of chemical oxygen demand (COD) could reach 78% and 58% within 60 min, respectively, and it maintained stable after 20 repetitions without leaching of metal ions. Mechanistic investigation demonstrated that N/C sites rapidly adsorbed ozone to generate ·O2− and synergistically catalyzed with adjacent α‐MnO2 sites to further produce ·OH, significantly facilitating the generation of ·OH. This work provides a promising strategy to synthesize novel and efficient catalysts for ozone catalytic oxidation process.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.