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Predicting capacitive deionization processes using an electrolytic-capacitor (ELC) model: 2D dynamics, leakages, and multi-ion solutions
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Materials and Nanophysics. (Functional Materials Group)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3081-8527
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics. (Functional Materials Group)
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics. (Functional Materials Group)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5625-630X
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Materials and Nanophysics. Center of Nanotechnology, KingAbdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia. (Functional Materials Group)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0074-3504
2022 (English)In: Desalination, ISSN 0011-9164, E-ISSN 1873-4464, Vol. 525, article id 115493Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Clean water and affordable energy are critical worldwide challenges for which electrolytic capacitors are increasingly considered as viable alternatives. The upcoming technology of capacitive deionization (CDI) uses similar electrolytic capacitors for the desalination of water. The current work presents a new method that leverages existing support for supercapacitors in the form of current-distribution models, which enables detailed and separated descriptions of the rate-limiting resistances. Crucially, the new model blends this basis with a novel formulation centered on the adsorption of chemical species in CDI. Put together, it is adaptable to solving a wide range of problems related to chemical species in electrochemical cells. The resulting electrolytic-capacitor (ELC) model has enhanced stability and ease-of-implementation for simulations in 2D. The results demonstrate that the model accurately simulates dynamics CDI performance under a variety of operational conditions. The enhanced stability together with the adaptability further allows tractable simulations of leakage reactions and even handling multi-ion deionization in 2D. Moreover, the model naturally blends with existing interfaces in COMSOL Multiphysics, which automatically generalizes, stabilizes, and simplifies the implementation. In conclusion, the ELC model is user-friendly and tractable for standard simulations while also being especially powerful when simulating complex structures, leakage reactions, and multi-ion solutions.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier BV , 2022. Vol. 525, article id 115493
Keywords [en]
Capacitive deionization, Desalination, Modeling, Electrolytic capacitor, Comsol, Simulation
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Other Physics Topics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-311545DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2021.115493ISI: 000782123600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85121419894OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-311545DiVA, id: diva2:1654909
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Available from: 2022-04-29 Created: 2022-04-29 Last updated: 2023-09-01Bibliographically approved
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1. At the Mountains of Modeling: Multiscale Simulations of Desalination by Capacitive Deionization
Open this publication in new window or tab >>At the Mountains of Modeling: Multiscale Simulations of Desalination by Capacitive Deionization
2022 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

More than 2 billion people are living in water-scarce areas. Meanwhile, there are enormous amounts of water in the salty oceans. Capacitive deionization (CDI) rises to the challenge with electrochemical cells for desalinating the water. As the CDI field expands, modeling becomes an increasingly important part of the development landscape. Multiscale modeling could bring innovations from the material scale to pilot plants. 

The multiscale work in this thesis has been like climbing a mountain. At the start, we investigate the macroscopic device level. One milestone is the electrolytic-capacitor (ELC) model, which can simulate CDI process dynamics. Whereas previous 2D models were unsteady for a single CDIcell, the ELC model could accurately simulate stacks of over 100 cells at a fraction of the time. It also enables simulations of complex upscaled geometries, such as bipolar electrode stacks, ohmic charging, and asymmetric devices. Going up the mountain, the mesoscopic level reveals the local mechanisms behind the macroscopic behavior. One important stepping stone is the dynamic Langmuir (DL) model, which reveals how isotherm-based modeling can crease stable and tractable simulations. Also, developments in isotherm, double-layer, and circuit modeling make it possible to choose what model structures to lean on depending on the conditions. Near the top of the mountain, the microscopic level shows the fundamental atomic mechanisms behind the mesoscopic material properties. These investigations reveal a ladder mechanism of ion transport in crystals of Prussian blue analogs (PBA), meaning the cations climb frames formed by negative groups in the crystal structure.

In the end, we plant a flag by combining the developments from the journey into a complete multiscale model. That model demonstrated that we could predict CDI charging trends from the atomic structure of PBA electrodes. Having the full multiscale model also made it possible to backtrack and determine atomic-level mechanisms by comparing the output of different mechanism cases with macroscopic experiment data. The multiscale mountain is massive and has big potential. A dream is that future research will expand these concepts, in CDI and beyond.

Abstract [sv]

Över 2 miljarder människor lever i dag i områden med vattenbrist, samtidigt som det finns enorma mängder saltvatten i haven. Kapacitiv avjonisering (CDI) kan hantera detta genom avsaltning av vatten med hjälp av elektrokemiska celler. När CDI-fältet expanderar blir också modellering allt viktigare. Speciellt med multiskalemodellering finns möjligheten att driva innovationer från material till pilotanläggningar. 

Vårt jobb har varit som att klättra upp för ett berg. I den inledande delen undersökte vi den makroskopiska nivån, som handlar om hur avsaltningsenheterna fungerar. Ett viktigt steg för att simulera dynamiken i processen har varit utvecklingen av ELC modellen. Till skillnad från tidigare modeller som kunde vara instabila för en enda avsaltningscell så kunde ELC-modellen hantera travar med över 100 celler. Det gör det möjligt att simulera komplexa uppskalade strukturer, såsom bipolära elektroder, ohmsk laddning, och asymmetrisk design. Vidare upp i berget finns mesoskalan. Den visar på de lokala mekanismerna bakom det makroskopiska beteendet. En viktig del har varit den dynamiska Langmuir-modellen (DL), som har visat hur isotermbaserad modellering kan ge stabila och smidiga simuleringar. Utvecklingen i isoterm-, dubbellager-, och kretsmodeller gör det även möjligt att välja lämpliga metoder att stödja sig mot beroende på situation. Nära toppen av berget finns mikroskalan, som handlar om det atomära beteendet som bestämmer de mesoskopiska egenskaperna. Här har vi upptäckt en stegmekanism för jontransport i kristaller av berlinerblått. Detta innebär att katjoner klättar längs ramar som utgörs av negativa grupper i kristallstrukturen.

Slutligen hissar vi flaggan genom att kombinera resultaten från alla nivåer. Multiskalemodellen visar att vi kan förutsäga laddningstrender i CDI baserat på atomstrukturen i elektroden. Multiskalemodellen gjorde det också möjligt att gå baklänges och att identifiera mekanismer på mikroskala genom att beräkna den makroskopiska effekten av olika fall och jämföra med experimentella data. Multiskaleberget är massivt och har stor potential. En dröm är att framtida forskning ska utöka koncepten från den här avhandlingen, i CDI och vidare.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2022. p. xvii + 203
Series
TRITA-SCI-FOU ; 2022:57
Keywords
Capacitive Deionization, Desalination, Modeling, Multiscale, Simulation, Avsaltning, Kapacitiv Avjonisering, Modellering, Multiskala, Simulering
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Research subject
Physics, Material and Nano Physics; Physics
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-321885 (URN)978-91-8040-409-9 (ISBN)
Public defence
2022-12-16, https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/8537018117, FB53 AlbaNova, Roslagstullsbacken 22, Stockholm, 13:00 (English)
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J. Gust. Richert stiftelse, 2020-00584Swedish Research Council, 2018-05387
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Available from: 2022-11-25 Created: 2022-11-25 Last updated: 2022-12-08Bibliographically approved

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