An insight into the improved capacitive deionization performance of activated carbon treated by sulfuric acid

2015 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 755-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Niu ◽  
Haibo Li ◽  
Yulong Ma ◽  
Lijun He ◽  
Jin Li
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2016 ◽  
Vol 379 ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Po-I Liu ◽  
Li-Ching Chung ◽  
Chia-Hua Ho ◽  
Hsin Shao ◽  
Teh-Ming Liang ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
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Author(s):  
Chih-Chung Lai ◽  
Feng-Hao Hsu ◽  
Su-Yang Hsu ◽  
Ming-Jay Deng ◽  
Kueih-Tzu Lu ◽  
...  

The specific energy of an aqueous carbon supercapacitor is generally small, resulting mainly from a narrow potential window of aqueous electrolytes. Here, we introduced agarose, an ecologically compatible polymer, as a novel binder to fabricate an activated carbon supercapacitor, enabling a wider potential window attributed to a high overpotential of the hydrogen-evolution reaction (HER) of agarose-bound activated carbons in sulfuric acid. Assembled symmetric aqueous cells can be galvanostatically cycled up to 1.8 V, attaining an enhanced energy density of 13.5 W h/kg (9.5 µW h/cm2) at 450 W/kg (315 µW/cm2). Furthermore, a great cycling behavior was obtained, with a 94.2% retention of capacitance after 10,000 cycles at 2 A/g. This work might guide the design of an alternative material for high-energy aqueous supercapacitors.


Author(s):  
Hongsik Yoon ◽  
Jiho Lee ◽  
Taijin Min ◽  
Gunhee Lee ◽  
Minsub Oh

Capacitive deionization (CDI) has been highlighted as a promising electrochemical water treatment system. However, the low deionization capacity of CDI electrodes has been a major limitation for its industrial application,...


2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (14) ◽  
pp. 7905-7912 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric A. Morris ◽  
Donald W. Kirk ◽  
Charles Q. Jia ◽  
Kazuki Morita

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