Enhanced Salt Removal in an Inverted Capacitive Deionization Cell Using Amine Modified Microporous Carbon Cathodes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10920-10926

  Gao, Xin ^a   Omosebi, Ayokunle ^a   Landon, James ^a   Liu, Kunlei ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DESALINATION; MICROPOROSITY; SALT REMOVAL;

CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; MICRO-POROUS CARBONS; NEGATIVE SURFACE CHARGES; POINT OF ZERO CHARGE; POLARIZED ELECTRODES; POSITIVE SURFACE CHARGE; POTENTIAL OF ZERO CHARGE; SURFACE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS;

ELECTRODES;

AMINE; CARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; NITRIC ACID;

CARBON; DESALINATION; ELECTRODE; NITRIC ACID; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SALT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; DESALINATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; INVERTED CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION CELL; IONIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERISTALTIC PUMP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; AMINES; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NITRIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84941686912     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02320     Document Type: Article

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