Nanoarchitectured metal-organic framework/polypyrrole hybrids for brackish water desalination using capacitive deionization
RIS ID
138914
Abstract
New families of materials that may potentially replace dominant carbon electrodes have emerged as a major research hotspot in the field of capacitive deionization (CDI). Here, we report a metal- organic framework (MOF)/polypyrrole (PPy) hybrid, in which conductive PPy nanotubes that are running through each MOF particle have the potential to increase the overall bulk electrical conductivity, thus promoting such a system as a good CDI electrode material. Consequently, the MOF/PPy hybrid shows a high desalination capacity of 11.34 mg g1, which is amongst those of state-of-theart CDI electrodes. Moreover, the MOF/PPy hybrid also shows a superior desalination performance for brackish water and good cycling stability, far exceeding typical carbon-based benchmarks. This is the first example of CDI electrodes derived from direct MOFbased materials, highlighting the potential of these hybrid systems as promising materials beyond traditional carbon electrodes.
Grant Number
ARC/FT150100479
Publication Details
Wang, Z., Xu, X., Kim, J., Malgras, V., Mo, R., Li, C., Lin, Y., Tan, H., Tang, J., Pan, L., Bando, Y., Yang, T. & Yamauchi, Y. (2019). Nanoarchitectured metal-organic framework/polypyrrole hybrids for brackish water desalination using capacitive deionization. Materials Horizons, 6 (7), 1433-1437.