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Towards Electrochemical Water Desalination Techniques: A Review on Capacitive Deionization, Membrane Capacitive
Gbenro Folaranmi1, Mikhael Bechelany1, Philippe Sistat1
1Institut Européen des Membranes, IEM, UMR-5635, Univ Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier CEDEX 5, France.
Abstract:
Electrochemical water desalination has been a major research area since the 1960s with the development of capacitive deionization technique. For the latter, its modus operandi lies in temporary salt ion adsorption when a simple potential difference (1.0-1.4 V) of about 1.2 V is supplied to the system to temporarily create an electric field that drives the ions to their different polarized poles and subsequently desorb these solvated ions when potential is switched off. Capacitive deionization targets/extracts the solutes instead of the solvent and thus consumes less energy and is highly effective for brackish water. This paper reviews Capacitive Deionization (mechanism of operation, sustainability, optimization processes, and shortcomings) with extension to its counterparts (Membrane Capacitive Deionization and Flow Capacitive Deionization).
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