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Electrostatic interactions and physisorption: mechanisms of passive cesium adsorption on Prussian blue
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), Applied Physics, Materials and Nanophysics. Functional Materials, Applied PhysicAlbaNova universitetscentrum, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3081-8527
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0168-2942
2022 (English)In: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP, ISSN 1463-9076, E-ISSN 1463-9084, Vol. 24, no 41, p. 25452-25461Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The dangers posed by nuclear accidents necessitate developments in techniques for cesium removal. One such is the adsorption of cesium cations in Prussian blue (PB) materials, on which adsorption can be a substation process or pure physisorption. The underlying mechanism of the latter is not well understood, although a Langmuir isotherm is frequently used to model experimental results. In this work, we exploit tight-binding density-functional theory (DFTB) methods to probe the atomic interactions in the physisorption process. The results show that there is a diminishing return for the energy of adsorption as more sites are filled. This means that the adsorption sites are not independent, as stipulated by the ideal Langmuir isotherm. Instead, the results indicate that electrostatic effects need to be considered to explain the theoretical and experimental results. Therefore, an electrostatic Langmuir (EL) model is introduced, which contains an electrostatic ideality correction to the classic Langmuir isotherm. For future materials development, these physical insights indicate that shielding effects as well as the number of independent physical sites must be considered when synthesizing effective Prussian blue analogs (PBA). In conclusion, the study provides insights into the limiting mechanisms in the physisorption of cesium cations on PB.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) , 2022. Vol. 24, no 41, p. 25452-25461
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Other Natural Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-321700DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04317cISI: 000869283200001PubMedID: 36250499Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85140932982OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-321700DiVA, id: diva2:1712364
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Swedish Research Council, 2018-05387
Note

QC 20221201

Available from: 2022-11-21 Created: 2022-11-21 Last updated: 2022-12-01Bibliographically 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
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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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