Desalination by capacitive deionization process using nitric acid-modified activated carbon as the electrodes

Desalination

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-72

  Huang, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Yimin ^a   Bao, Shenxu ^a   Cruz, Roel ^b   Song, Shaoxian ^a,b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activated carbon electrode; Capacitive deionization; Desalination; Nitric acid modification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; DESALINATION; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NITRIC ACID; RATE CONSTANTS;

ACID MODIFICATION; ACTIVATED CARBON ELECTRODE; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION PROCESS; ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION; OXYGEN-CONTAINING FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DESALINATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; IONIZATION; NITRIC ACID; REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 84896054075     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.02.012     Document Type: Article

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