Issue 2, 2020

The pseudo-capacitive deionization behaviour of CuAl-mixed metal oxides

Abstract

In this work, a laminated CuAl-mixed metal oxide (CuAl-LDO) has been prepared and proposed as an electrode to interact with chloride ions for pseudo-capacitive deionization (P-CDI). To constitute a full P-CDI cell, CuAl-LDO and HNO3-treated activated carbon (AC-HNO3) were employed as the anode and cathode, respectively. When operating in constant voltage mode, the CuAl-LDO‖AC-HNO3 P-CDI cell shows a high salt removal capacity of 39.08 mg g−1 in NaCl solution with an initial concentration of 500 mg L−1 at an applied voltage of 1.2 V after 20 cycles. Meanwhile, the charge efficiency is calculated to be 80.72%. Moreover, the crystal phase evolution of CuAl-LDO as well as corresponding electrochemical spectra recorded during the P-CDI process illustrated that chloride ions intercalated into the CuAl-LDO electrode via chemical bonds, resulting in good P-CDI performance. Besides, it is found that Cu(OH,Cl)2·2H2O may be formed as the number of P-CDI cycles increases, which is responsible for the salt removal capacity decay after long-term cycling.

Graphical abstract: The pseudo-capacitive deionization behaviour of CuAl-mixed metal oxides

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 aug 2019
Accepted
23 aug 2019
First published
27 aug 2019

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020,6, 296-302

The pseudo-capacitive deionization behaviour of CuAl-mixed metal oxides

W. Xi and H. Li, Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2020, 6, 296 DOI: 10.1039/C9EW00669A

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