Issue 38, 2013

Electrosorption of LiCl in different solvents by carbon nanotube film electrodes

Abstract

Carbon nanotube (CNT) film electrodes were fabricated on the graphite substrate using the screen printing method and the electrosorption of LiCl in water, methanol, ethanol and N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) by CNT electrodes was studied. The results show that the solvent plays an important role in the removal by electrosorption of lithium ions by CNT electrodes and the electrosorption capacities for LiCl in water, methanol, ethanol and DMF solvents are 1.55, 2.13, 1.25, and 2.88 mg g−1, respectively. Such a significant difference is related to the characteristics of the solvent, such as the surface tension, viscosity and affinity to CNTs, which affect the ion penetration inside the porous CNT electrodes.

Graphical abstract: Electrosorption of LiCl in different solvents by carbon nanotube film electrodes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Jun 2013
Accepted
18 Jul 2013
First published
19 Jul 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 16932-16935

Electrosorption of LiCl in different solvents by carbon nanotube film electrodes

Y. Liu, L. Pan, X. Xu, T. Lu and Z. Sun, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 16932 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA42961J

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