Improving the capacitive deionisation performance by optimising pore structures of the electrodes

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1227-1233

  Zou, L ^a   Li, L ^b   Song, H ^c   Morris, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Activated carbons; Capacitive deionisation; Electrosorption; Mesoporous carbon electrodes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ELECTRODE; ELECTROSORPTION; MESOPOROUS; MESOPOROUS CARBON; MICROPOROUS; MODIFIED SOL-GEL PROCESS; NACL SOLUTION; NICKEL SALTS; ORDERED MESOPOROUS CARBON; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; TEMPLATE METHODS;

DESALINATION; ELECTRODES; GELS; NICKEL; NICKEL ALLOYS; PORE SIZE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON; NICKEL CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; NICKEL; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SORPTION;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DESALINATION; DISTRIBUTION VOLUME; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ION PAIR EXTRACTION; ISOTHERM; POROSITY; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NICKEL; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SALTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77952503991     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.879     Document Type: Article

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