Electrosorption of anions with carbon nanotube and nanofibre composite film electrodes

  • Likun Pan*
  • , Xinzheng Wang
  • , Yang Gao
  • , Yanping Zhang
  • , Yiwei Chen
  • , Zhuo Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The electrosorption of different salt solutions with carbon nanotube and nanofibre (CNT-CNF) composite film electrodes was studied. The electrochemical properties of CNT-CNF film were systematically investigated using ac impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry, and it was found that capacitive deionization (CDI) of CNT-CNF composite film electrodes is mainly due to Coulombic interaction on the electrical double-layer. Several experiments were conducted to determine the ion removal capacity and selectivity of CNT-CNF composite film electrodes, showing that smaller hydrated anions exhibit better CDI capacities.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)139-143
Number of pages5
JournalDesalination
Volume244
Issue number1-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Carbon nanotube and nanofibre
  • Deionization
  • Electrical double-layer capacitance
  • Electrosorption

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