Capacitive Deionization of Saline Water by Using MoS2-Graphene Hybrid Electrodes with High Volumetric Adsorption Capacity

Jinlong Han, Tingting Yan, Junjie Shen, Liyi Shi, Jianping Zhang, Dengsong Zhang

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

209 Citations (SciVal)
250 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

Capacitive deionization (CDI) has received wide attention as an emerging water treatment technology because of its low energy consumption, low cost, and high efficiency. However, the conventional carbon electrode materials for CDI have low densities, which occupy large volumes and are disadvantageous for use in limited space (e.g., in household or on offshore platforms). In order to miniaturize the CDI device, it is quite urgent to develop high volumetric adsorption capacity (VAC) electrode materials. To overcome this issue, we rationally designed and originally developed high VAC MoS2-graphene hybrid electrodes for CDI. It is interesting that MoS2-graphene hybrid electrode has a much higher NaCl VAC of 14.3 mg/cm3 with a gravimetric adsorption capacity of 19.4 mg/g. It has been demonstrated that the adsorption capacity is significantly enhanced because of the rapid ion transport of MoS2 and high electrical conductivity of graphene. In situ Raman spectra and high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy tests demonstrated a favorable Faradaic reaction, which was crucial to enhancing the NaCl VAC of the MoS2-graphene hybrid electrode. This work opens a new avenue for miniaturizing future CDI devices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12668-12676
Number of pages9
JournalEnvironmental Science and Technology
Volume53
Issue number21
Early online date18 Sept 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2019

Funding

This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB0102200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21722704 and 21906101), and the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality (16DZ1204300, 15DZ2281400 and 16JC1401700). We are grateful to Dr. Lupeng Han and Dr. Zaheen Ullah Khan for providing the helpful guidance. We are grateful to Dr. Hu Pengfei and Dr. Peng Jianchao, Test Center of Shanghai University, for providing the helpful guidance.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Capacitive Deionization of Saline Water by Using MoS2-Graphene Hybrid Electrodes with High Volumetric Adsorption Capacity'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this