Materials selection for optimum energy production by double layer expansion methods

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31503
ISSN: 0378-7753
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Iglesias Salto, Guillermo Ramón; Fernández, M. Mar; Ahualli Yapur, Silvia Alejandra; Jiménez Olivares, María Luisa; Kozynchenko, Oleksander P.; Delgado Mora, Ángel Vicente
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Activated carbon particles
 
Capacitive energy extraction
 
Double layer expansion
 
Pore size distribution
 
Supercapacitors
 
Wettability
 
Date
2014-01-08
Referencia bibliográfica
Iglesias, G.R; et al. Materials selection for optimum energy production by double layer expansion methods. Journal of Power Sources, (2014). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31503]
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Departamento de Física Aplicada, Universidad de Granada; The research leading to these results received funding from the European Union 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under agreement No. 256868. Further financial support from Junta de Andalucía (Spain), project PE-2008-FQM3993 is also gratefully acknowledged.
Abstract
The capacitive mixing procedure for energy extraction based on Double Layer Expansion (CDLE) belongs to the group of so-called CAPMIX techniques, which aim at obtaining energy from the salinity difference between fresh and sea waters. Specifically, the CDLE technique takes advantage of the voltage rise that occurs when sea water is exchanged for river water in a pair of porous electrodes which jointly behave as an electrical double layer supercapacitor. In this article, we deal with some experimental aspects that are key for optimizing the extracted energy, and have not been analyzed yet with sufficient detail. This investigation will help in evaluating those parameters which we need to be fixed in a future CDLE device. These include the charging potential, the durations of the different cycle steps, the load resistance used, and the porosity and hydrophilicity of the carbon.
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