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Manganese dioxide nanoparticles/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for hybrid capacitive desalination

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The faradic asymmetric electrodes have recently attracted attention in capacitive deionization (CDI) because of their capability to remove both Na+ and Cl− ions from saline solution to meet the freshwater requirements. However, the fabrication of CDI electrodes that are high-performing and stable remains a challenge. In this work, an asymmetric electrode with highly stable CDIs has been fabricated by using reduced graphene oxide (RGO) as positive electrodes and spherical-like manganese dioxide nanoparticles decorated RGO sheets (MnO2/RGO) as negative electrodes to selectively capture salt ions from saline solution. MnO2/RGO electrodes exhibit a large specific capacitance of about 485 F g−1 at 10 mV s−1 in NaCl with lower internal resistance, which is significantly higher than that of recent electrode materials. Due to the superior specific capacitance and lower internal resistance behavior of MnO2/RGO electrodes, asymmetric CDI device has been assembled for the desalination of salt using saline water. Especially, MnO2/RGO//RGO-based asymmetric CDI device shows higher salt uptake capacity (SAC) of 52 mg g−1 with higher average salt adsorption capacity (ASAR) of 2.7 mg g−1 min−1 than recently reported electrode materials. Furthermore, the recycling studies indicate that MnO2/RGO//RGO electrodes are promising electrode materials for prolonged CDI operation. In summary, the studies confirmed that the MnO2/RGO system offers excellent potential for producing portable drinking water by capacitive deionization of seawater.

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A capacitive deionization (CDI) device was constructed with electrodes of MnO2/RGO and performed at 1.2 V in 500 mg L-1 NaCl solution.

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This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research, Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia [Grant No. GRANT2120].

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  1. Department of Physics, College of Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia

    Faheem Ahmed, Shalendra Kumar, Nagih Mohammed Shaalan, Abdullah Aljaafari & Adil Alshoaibi

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Arts and Promising Centre for Sensors and Electronic Devices (PCSED), Najran University, Najran, 11001, Saudi Arabia

    Ahmad Umar

  3. Department of Basic Sciences, Preparatory Year Deanship, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Al-Ahsa, 31982, Saudi Arabia

    Nishat Arshi

  4. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Islamic University of Madinah, Madinah, 42351, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Mohd Gulfam Alam

  5. Center of Nanotechnology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    P. M. Z. Hasan

  6. Department of Physics, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Shahid M. Ramay

  7. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    Rizwan Khan

  8. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Ahmad Umar

  9. Department of Physics, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, 248007, India

    Shalendra Kumar

  10. Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut, 71516, Egypt

    Nagih Mohammed Shaalan

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Ahmed, F., Umar, A., Kumar, S. et al. Manganese dioxide nanoparticles/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for hybrid capacitive desalination. Adv Compos Hybrid Mater 6, 19 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42114-022-00601-4

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