Brackish water desalination by capacitive deionization using zinc oxide micro/nanostructures grafted on activated carbon cloth electrodes

Desalination

Volumn 344, Issue , 2014, Pages 236-242

  Myint, Myo Tay Zar ^a   Al Harthi, Salim H ^a   Dutta, Joydeep ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Capacitive deionization; Desalination; Microstructure; Nanoparticle; Nanorod; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CLOTHES; DESALINATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER FILTRATION;

ACTIVATED CARBON CLOTH; APPLIED POTENTIALS; BRACKISH WATER DESALINATIONS; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; MICRO/NANOSTRUCTURES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION; WATER DESALINATION;

ZINC OXIDE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BRACKISH WATER; DESALINATION; ELECTRODE; OXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

EID: 84911895253     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.03.037     Document Type: Article

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