Three-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability

Faradaic electrode materials have significantly improved the performance of membrane capacitive deionization, which offers an opportunity to produce freshwater from seawater or brackish water in an energy-efficient way. However, Faradaic materials hold the drawbacks of slow desalination rate due to...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Yuecheng Xiong, Fei Yu, Stefanie Arnold, Lei Wang, Volker Presser, Yifan Ren, Jie Ma
Formato: article
Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021
Materias:
Q
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/2dc016ef0e674a24be7481f3a5a267cd
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:doaj.org-article:2dc016ef0e674a24be7481f3a5a267cd
record_format dspace
spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2dc016ef0e674a24be7481f3a5a267cd2021-11-08T08:26:28ZThree-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability2639-527410.34133/2021/9754145https://doaj.org/article/2dc016ef0e674a24be7481f3a5a267cd2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.34133/2021/9754145https://doaj.org/toc/2639-5274Faradaic electrode materials have significantly improved the performance of membrane capacitive deionization, which offers an opportunity to produce freshwater from seawater or brackish water in an energy-efficient way. However, Faradaic materials hold the drawbacks of slow desalination rate due to the intrinsic low ion diffusion kinetics and inferior stability arising from the volume expansion during ion intercalation, impeding the engineering application of capacitive deionization. Herein, a pseudocapacitive material with hollow architecture was prepared via template-etching method, namely, cuboid cobalt hydroxide, with fast desalination rate (3.3 mg (NaCl)·g-1 (h-Co(OH)2)·min-1 at 100 mA·g-1) and outstanding stability (90% capacity retention after 100 cycles). The hollow structure enables swift ion transport inside the material and keeps the electrode intact by alleviating the stress induced from volume expansion during the ion capture process, which is corroborated well by in situ electrochemical dilatometry and finite element simulation. Additionally, benefiting from the elimination of unreacted bulk material and vertical cobalt hydroxide nanosheets on the exterior surface, the synthesized material provides a high desalination capacity (117±6 mg (NaCl)·g-1 (h-Co(OH)2) at 30 mA·g-1). This work provides a new strategy, constructing microscale hollow faradic configuration, to further boost the desalination performance of Faradaic materials.Yuecheng XiongFei YuStefanie ArnoldLei WangVolker PresserYifan RenJie MaAmerican Association for the Advancement of SciencearticleScienceQENResearch, Vol 2021 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Science
Q
spellingShingle Science
Q
Yuecheng Xiong
Fei Yu
Stefanie Arnold
Lei Wang
Volker Presser
Yifan Ren
Jie Ma
Three-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability
description Faradaic electrode materials have significantly improved the performance of membrane capacitive deionization, which offers an opportunity to produce freshwater from seawater or brackish water in an energy-efficient way. However, Faradaic materials hold the drawbacks of slow desalination rate due to the intrinsic low ion diffusion kinetics and inferior stability arising from the volume expansion during ion intercalation, impeding the engineering application of capacitive deionization. Herein, a pseudocapacitive material with hollow architecture was prepared via template-etching method, namely, cuboid cobalt hydroxide, with fast desalination rate (3.3 mg (NaCl)·g-1 (h-Co(OH)2)·min-1 at 100 mA·g-1) and outstanding stability (90% capacity retention after 100 cycles). The hollow structure enables swift ion transport inside the material and keeps the electrode intact by alleviating the stress induced from volume expansion during the ion capture process, which is corroborated well by in situ electrochemical dilatometry and finite element simulation. Additionally, benefiting from the elimination of unreacted bulk material and vertical cobalt hydroxide nanosheets on the exterior surface, the synthesized material provides a high desalination capacity (117±6 mg (NaCl)·g-1 (h-Co(OH)2) at 30 mA·g-1). This work provides a new strategy, constructing microscale hollow faradic configuration, to further boost the desalination performance of Faradaic materials.
format article
author Yuecheng Xiong
Fei Yu
Stefanie Arnold
Lei Wang
Volker Presser
Yifan Ren
Jie Ma
author_facet Yuecheng Xiong
Fei Yu
Stefanie Arnold
Lei Wang
Volker Presser
Yifan Ren
Jie Ma
author_sort Yuecheng Xiong
title Three-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability
title_short Three-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability
title_full Three-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability
title_fullStr Three-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability
title_full_unstemmed Three-Dimensional Cobalt Hydroxide Hollow Cube/Vertical Nanosheets with High Desalination Capacity and Long-Term Performance Stability
title_sort three-dimensional cobalt hydroxide hollow cube/vertical nanosheets with high desalination capacity and long-term performance stability
publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/2dc016ef0e674a24be7481f3a5a267cd
work_keys_str_mv AT yuechengxiong threedimensionalcobalthydroxidehollowcubeverticalnanosheetswithhighdesalinationcapacityandlongtermperformancestability
AT feiyu threedimensionalcobalthydroxidehollowcubeverticalnanosheetswithhighdesalinationcapacityandlongtermperformancestability
AT stefaniearnold threedimensionalcobalthydroxidehollowcubeverticalnanosheetswithhighdesalinationcapacityandlongtermperformancestability
AT leiwang threedimensionalcobalthydroxidehollowcubeverticalnanosheetswithhighdesalinationcapacityandlongtermperformancestability
AT volkerpresser threedimensionalcobalthydroxidehollowcubeverticalnanosheetswithhighdesalinationcapacityandlongtermperformancestability
AT yifanren threedimensionalcobalthydroxidehollowcubeverticalnanosheetswithhighdesalinationcapacityandlongtermperformancestability
AT jiema threedimensionalcobalthydroxidehollowcubeverticalnanosheetswithhighdesalinationcapacityandlongtermperformancestability
_version_ 1718442696828256256