Nonlinear dynamics of capacitive charging and desalination by porous electrodes

PM Biesheuvel, MZ Bazant - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and …, 2010 - APS
The rapid and efficient exchange of ions between porous electrodes and aqueous solutions
is important in many applications, such as electrical energy storage by supercapacitors …

Time-dependent ion selectivity in capacitive charging of porous electrodes

R Zhao, M Van Soestbergen, HHM Rijnaarts… - Journal of colloid and …, 2012 - Elsevier
In a combined experimental and theoretical study, we show that capacitive charging of
porous electrodes in multicomponent electrolytes may lead to the phenomenon of time …

Two-dimensional porous electrode model for capacitive deionization

A Hemmatifar, M Stadermann… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Ion transport in porous conductive materials is of great importance in a variety of
electrochemical systems including batteries and supercapacitors. We here analyze the …

Charge efficiency: a functional tool to probe the double-layer structure inside of porous electrodes and application in the modeling of capacitive deionization

R Zhao, PM Biesheuvel, H Miedema… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Porous electrodes are important in many physical− chemical processes including capacitive
deionization (CDI), a desalination technology where ions are adsorbed from solution into the …

Diffuse charge and Faradaic reactions in porous electrodes

PM Biesheuvel, Y Fu, MZ Bazant - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2011 - APS
Porous electrodes instead of flat electrodes are widely used in electrochemical systems to
boost storage capacities for ions and electrons, to improve the transport of mass and charge …

Analysis of electrolyte transport through charged nanopores

PB Peters, R Van Roij, MZ Bazant, PM Biesheuvel - Physical review E, 2016 - APS
We revisit the classical problem of flow of electrolyte solutions through charged capillary
nanopores or nanotubes as described by the capillary pore model (also called “space …

Theory of water desalination with intercalation materials

K Singh, HJM Bouwmeester, L De Smet, MZ Bazant… - Physical review applied, 2018 - APS
We present a porous electrode theory for capacitive deionization with electrodes containing
nanoparticles that consist of a redox-active intercalation material. A geometry of a …

Electrochemistry and capacitive charging of porous electrodes in asymmetric multicomponent electrolytes

PM Biesheuvel, Y Fu, MZ Bazant - Russian Journal of Electrochemistry, 2012 - Springer
We present porous electrode theory for the general situation of electrolytes containing
mixtures of mobile ions of arbitrary valencies and diffusion coefficients (mobilities). We focus …

[HTML][HTML] Theory of water desalination by porous electrodes with immobile chemical charge

PM Biesheuvel, HVM Hamelers, ME Suss - Colloids and Interface Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
In capacitive deionization (CDI), water is desalinated by storing ions in electrical double
layers (EDLs) within the micropores of charged porous carbon electrodes. Recent …

Strongly nonlinear dynamics of electrolytes in large ac voltages

L Højgaard Olesen, MZ Bazant, H Bruus - Physical Review E—Statistical …, 2010 - APS
We study the response of a model microelectrochemical cell to a large ac voltage of
frequency comparable to the inverse cell relaxation time. To bring out the basic physics, we …