TY - GEN
T1 - Electrocapacitive desalination of brackish water using biochars
AU - Sengupta, A.
AU - Ramakrishnan, R.
AU - Wal, R. L.Vander
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Electrodes fabricated from porous carbons derived from biomass have been observed to be suitable for high capacity energy storage, and subsequently investigated for their effectiveness in CDI, but there is a dearth of studies to find a relationship between the electrochemical performance of the carbon and the biomass properties and process conditions. Because cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin are the main components in biomass, in this study, we produce carbons from rice hull, switchgrass and poplar wood, each representative of cellulose-rich, hemicellulose-rich and lignin-rich biomass, respectively. The investigation goal is correlating electrochemical performance of the carbon to the nature of the biomass precursor and the processing conditions. This study will aid in identifying and classifying biomass raw materials to develop carbon materials with well-defined pore structures.
AB - Electrodes fabricated from porous carbons derived from biomass have been observed to be suitable for high capacity energy storage, and subsequently investigated for their effectiveness in CDI, but there is a dearth of studies to find a relationship between the electrochemical performance of the carbon and the biomass properties and process conditions. Because cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin are the main components in biomass, in this study, we produce carbons from rice hull, switchgrass and poplar wood, each representative of cellulose-rich, hemicellulose-rich and lignin-rich biomass, respectively. The investigation goal is correlating electrochemical performance of the carbon to the nature of the biomass precursor and the processing conditions. This study will aid in identifying and classifying biomass raw materials to develop carbon materials with well-defined pore structures.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85029410550
T3 - Advanced Materials - TechConnect Briefs 2017
SP - 251
EP - 252
BT - Materials for Energy, Efficiency and Sustainability - TechConnect Briefs 2017
A2 - Romanowicz, Bart
A2 - Case, Fiona
A2 - Laudon, Matthew
A2 - Case, Fiona
PB - TechConnect
T2 - 11th Annual TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, Held Jointly with the 20th Annual Nanotech Conference and Expo, and the 2017 National SBIR/STTR Conference
Y2 - 14 May 2017 through 17 May 2017
ER -