Kinetics and isotherm studies on electrosorption of NaCl by activated carbon fiber, carbon nanotube and carbon nanotube-carbon nanofiber composite films

  • Yankun Zhan
  • , Chunyang Nie
  • , Haibo Li
  • , Taiqiang Chen
  • , Likun Pan*
  • , Zhuo Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Water shortage has become one of the major problems worldwide with the continuing increase of the world population. Capacitive deionization, or electrosorption, is a low-voltage (1-2 V) non-membrane water desalination technology in which charged ions are forced to move towards oppositely charged electrodes by imposing an electric field and electrode regeneration is easily accomplished by electrically discharging the electrodes [1,2]. As a key component of electrosorption device, the development and optimization of electrode materials should be the focus. In this manuscript, we characterize the structures of commercial activated carbon fiber (ACF), carbon nanotube (CNT) and home-made carbon nanotube-carbon nanofiber (CNT-CNF) films and compare their electrochemical behaviors in NaCl solutions in order to better understand the electrosorption mechanism.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 8th International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference and Nanocarbon, IVESC 2010 and NANOcarbon 2010
Pages396-397
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference, IVESC 2010 and NANOcarbon 2010 - Nanjing, China
Duration: 14 Oct 201016 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2010 8th International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference and Nanocarbon, IVESC 2010 and NANOcarbon 2010

Conference

Conference8th International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference, IVESC 2010 and NANOcarbon 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period14/10/1016/10/10

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