Electrochemical methods for water purification, ion separations, and energy conversion

MA Alkhadra, X Su, ME Suss, H Tian, EN Guyes… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Agricultural development, extensive industrialization, and rapid growth of the global
population have inadvertently been accompanied by environmental pollution. Water …

[HTML][HTML] Bipolar membranes: A review on principles, latest developments, and applications

R Pärnamäe, S Mareev, V Nikonenko… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bipolar membranes (BPMs) are a special class of ion-exchange membranes constituted by
a cation-and an anion-exchange layer, allowing the generation of protons and hydroxide …

Design principles for water dissociation catalysts in high-performance bipolar membranes

L Chen, Q Xu, SZ Oener, K Fabrizio… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Water dissociation (WD, H2O→ H++ OH−) is the core process in bipolar
membranes (BPMs) that limits energy efficiency. Both electric-field and catalytic effects have …

Electrodialysis applications in wastewater treatment for environmental protection and resources recovery: A systematic review on progress and perspectives

L Gurreri, A Tamburini, A Cipollina, G Micale - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a comprehensive review of studies on electrodialysis (ED) applications
in wastewater treatment, outlining the current status and the future prospect. ED is a …

Continuum modeling of porous electrodes for electrochemical synthesis

JC Bui, EW Lees, LM Pant, IV Zenyuk, AT Bell… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical synthesis possesses substantial promise to utilize renewable energy
sources to power the conversion of abundant feedstocks to value-added commodity …

Analysis of bipolar membranes for electrochemical CO 2 capture from air and oceanwater

JC Bui, É Lucas, EW Lees, AK Liu… - Energy & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbon dioxide (CO2) must be removed from the atmosphere to mitigate the negative effects
of climate change. However, the most scalable methods for removing CO2 from the air …

Recent advances in bipolar membrane design and applications

PK Giesbrecht, MS Freund - Chemistry of Materials, 2020 - ACS Publications
Integration of bipolar membranes (BPMs) into electrochemical cells is an established
method for acid and base generation, as well as desalinization methods. More recently …

Continuum model to define the chemistry and mass transfer in a bicarbonate electrolyzer

EW Lees, JC Bui, D Song, AZ Weber… - ACS Energy …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Bicarbonate electrolyzers are devices designed to convert CO2 captured from point sources
or the atmosphere into chemicals and fuels without needing to first isolate pure CO2 gas. We …

Understanding multi-ion transport mechanisms in bipolar membranes

JC Bui, I Digdaya, C Xiang, AT Bell… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bipolar membranes (BPMs) have the potential to become critical components in
electrochemical devices for a variety of electrolysis and electrosynthesis applications …

[HTML][HTML] Describing ion transport and water splitting in an electrodialysis stack with bipolar membranes by a 2-D model: Experimental validation

T León, J López, R Torres, J Grau, L Jofre… - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes (EDBM) has drawn attention motivated by their
application in generating reagents from salts. Due to the water splitting (WS) occurring at the …