MCDI, or Membrane Capacitive Deionization, is a promising method developed to purify water through the removal of ions through using two activated carbon electrodes, each one coated with an ion exchange membrane (IEM). The IEMs are coated on the electrode using a flow coater. Currently, this traditional synthesis process can produce electrodes that appear and perform abnormally, preventing the acquisition of accurate and usable data. The objective of this project is to improve the electrodes and their performance by using a composite composition of the activated carbon material and the ion exchange polymers, such as the Quaternized Polyvinyl Alcohol and Glutaraldehyde anion exchange membrane and the Polyvinyl Alcohol and Sulfosuccinic Acid cation exchange membrane, to establish a simplified and more uniform electrode synthesis process, as well as to yield better performance in our four main parameters (average salt absorption rate, salt absorption capacity, salt removal efficiency, and charge efficiency).
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This is very good! I made a couple of small suggestions in the PPT from your presentation that I emailed back to you earlier today.