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Free-standing 3D alkalized Ti3C2Tx/Ti3C2Tx nanosheet membrane electrode for highly efficient and stable desalination in hybrid capacitive deionization
- Source :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8:19309-19318
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2020.
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Abstract
- To realize the industrial feasibility of capacitive deionization (CDI), many efforts have been made to improve the desalination performance. Since investment and daily maintenance issues have to be considered in the actual operation of CDI, which are related to the long-term operational stability of the system, the decline in the performance of electrode materials in long-term operation has seriously impeded the practical application of CDI systems. In this paper, we propose a binder-free Alk-Ti3C2Tx MXene (Alk-Ti3C2Tx-M) using 2D delaminated Ti3C2Tx MXene (d-Ti3C2Tx) nanosheets and 3D porous Alk-Ti3C2Txvia a simple vacuum-assisted filtration strategy. The alkali induces MXene to form a three-dimensional (3D) porous structure, which improves the stability of the electrode with open interconnected pores, while the high surface area guarantees fast ionic diffusion and high Na+ loading. Moreover, d-Ti3C2Tx sheets as a conductive binder replaces traditional conductive adhesives, which enhance the capacity and stability of the electrode by effectively accommodating the volume change and eliminating electrochemically inactive components of traditional conductive binders. As a result, the integrated Alk-Ti3C2Tx-M cathode could be directly used for CDI and exhibited a high capacity (50 ± 3 mg g−1 at 30 mA g−1) and a long-life cycle stability (∼250 cycles, over more than 10 days). Therefore, this strategy of assembling electrodes can be readily extended to constructing a large number of 2D-derived materials for electrochemical applications.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Capacitive deionization
02 engineering and technology
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Electrochemistry
01 natural sciences
Desalination
Cathode
0104 chemical sciences
law.invention
Chemical engineering
law
Electrode
General Materials Science
0210 nano-technology
Porosity
Filtration
Nanosheet
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- ISSN :
- 20507496 and 20507488
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Materials Chemistry A
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........039731936ee04a3e55513344adb0a2cc