Effects of acid treatment on the improvement of specific capacitance and deionization efficiency of porous carbon electrodes

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Machunda, R L ^a   Jeon, H ^a   Lee, J K ^a   Lee, J ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid treatment; Activated carbon cloth; Capacitive deionization; Functional groups; Specific capacitance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ACID TREATMENTS; ACTIVATED CARBON CLOTH; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; DOUBLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE; POROUS CARBON ELECTRODES; POROUS CARBON MATERIALS; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

CAPACITANCE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ION; NITRIC ACID; PLATINUM; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SILVER CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID; CARBON; CURRENT DIRECTION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODE; ETHER; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IONIZATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DESALINATION; ELECTRODE; FLOW RATE; MATERIALS; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 74949113307     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2009.252     Document Type: Article

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