Using mesoporous carbon electrodes for brackish water desalination

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 2340-2348

  Zou, Linda ^a   Li, Lixia ^b   Song, Huaihe ^b   Morris, Gayle ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Desalination; Electrosorption; Ordered mesoporous carbon; Porous carbon material; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ELECTRODES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SALTS;

ELECTROSORPTION; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON; POROUS CARBON MATERIAL;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

DESALINATION; ELECTRODES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; SALTS; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BRACKISH WATER; CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESALINATION; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY; SALT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DESALINATION; DESORPTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 41949127300     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.12.022     Document Type: Article

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