Improved performance in capacitive deionization of activated carbon electrodes with a tunable mesopore and micropore ratio

Desalination

Volumn 367, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-68

  Yeh, Chung Lin ^a   Hsi, Hsing Cheng ^a   Li, Kung Cheh ^a   Hou, Chia Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Capacitive deionization; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrosorption; Mesoporosity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DESALINATION; ETCHING; IONS; MICROPOROSITY; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA;

ACCESSIBLE SURFACE AREAS; ACTIVATED CARBON ELECTRODE; CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; ELECTROSORPTION; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MESOPOROSITY; SPECIFIC CAPACITANCE;

ELECTRODES;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DESALINATION; ELECTRODE; IONIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROSITY;

EID: 84961289296     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.03.035     Document Type: Article

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