Embedded, micro-interdigitated flow fields in high areal-loading intercalation electrodes towards seawater desalination and beyond
Vu Q., Erik R. Reale, Irwin C. Loud, Paul G. Rozzi, Haosen Tan, David A. Willis, Kyle C. Smith
Abstract
Interdigitated microchannels embedded in porous electrodes containing nickel hexacyanoferrate enable flow-through electrochemical desalination with low energy input when used with aqueous feeds having either seawater, brackish-water, or hypersaline-brine salinity.
Topics & Concepts
DesalinationIntercalation (chemistry)SeawaterElectrodeMaterials scienceFlow (mathematics)NanotechnologyMembraneGeologyChemistryMechanicsOceanographyPhysicsInorganic chemistryPhysical chemistryBiochemistryMembrane-based Ion Separation TechniquesMembrane Separation TechnologiesAdvanced battery technologies research