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Bohan Liu1, Feifei Pang1,2, Xingtao Xu3,4
1Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, Hebei, China.
Abstract:
Chloride ion capture from industrial wastewaters presents a persistent challenge, constrained by the corrosive characteristics of accumulated Cl- and the limitations of conventional dechlorination technologies. Herein, we introduce a MOF‑mediated 2D‑on‑2D heterointerface engineering strategy to fabricate bismuth nanosheets coupled with nitrogen-doped carbon nanoleaves (BiNS/NCL). As a Faradaic dechlorination anode in capacitive deionization (CDI), the rationally designed BiNS/NCL heterointerface delivers an impressive chloride adsorption capacity of 108.7 mg g-1 with an adsorption rate of 24.8 mg g-1 min-1, along with remarkable charge efficiency (86.9%) and low energy consumption (0.39 Wh g-1). The BiNS/NCL electrode also demonstrates exceptional chloride selectivity over competing anions and maintains stable performance over extended cycling. Integrated ex situ/in situ characterizations and density functional theory simulations reveal that a built‑in electric field formed at the BiNS/NCL interface thermodynamically favors chloride electrosorption, accelerates ion transport kinetics, and stabilizes the reversible Bi/BiOCl phase transformation. This study elucidates an interface-mediated dechlorination mechanism and provides a generalizable heterointerface‑engineering strategy for energy‑efficient electrochemical dechlorination systems.
