• 文献标题:   Holey graphene hydrogel with in-plane pores for high-performance capacitive desalination
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KONG WQ, DUAN XD, GE YJ, LIU HT, HU JW, DUAN XF
  • 作者关键词:   capacitive deionization, desalination, electrochemical capacitor, graphene hydrogel gh, inplane pore
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   Hunan Univ
  • 被引频次:   39
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-016-1132-8
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Capacitive deionization is an attractive approach to water desalination and treatment. To achieve efficient capacitative desalination, rationally designed electrodes with high specific capacitances, conductivities, and stabilities are necessary. Here we report the construction of a three-dimensional (3D) holey graphene hydrogel (HGH). This material contains abundant in-plane pores, offering efficient ion transport pathways. Furthermore, it forms a highly interconnected network of graphene sheets, providing efficient electron transport pathways, and its 3D hierarchical porous structure can provide a large specific surface area for the adsorption and storage of ions. Consequently, HGH serves as a binder-free electrode material with excellent electrical conductivity. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) measurements indicate that the optimized HGH can achieve specific capacitances of 358.4 F center dot g(-1) in 6 M KOH solution and 148 F center dot g(-1) in 0.5 M NaCl solution. Because of these high capacitances, HGH has a desalination capacity as high as 26.8 mg center dot g(-1) (applied potential: 1.2 V; initial NaCl concentration: similar to 5,000 mg center dot L-1).