Nickel removal from aqueous solutions using flow-electrode capacitive deionization (Optimization by Response Surface Methodology (RSM)).

Nowadays, wastewater and water treatment with an efficient system for the removal of heavy metals is a serious challenge. Nickel is one of the main heavy metal pollutants that exist in the wastewater of various industries. Several technologies have been developed for removal of nickel, including the new electrochemical processes.

Multi-parameter optimization of the capacitance of Carbon Xerogel catalyzed by NaOH for application in supercapacitors and capacitive deionization systems.

Carbon Xerogel is an economic choice of material for electrodes with applications in Electric Double Layer Capacitors (EDLCs) and Capacitive DeIonization systems (CDI, particularly for desalination). The objective here is to optimize Carbon Xerogel's performance, specifically its capacitance, through multi-parameter optimization using Response Surface Methodology (RSM). We choose NaOH as the catalyst and select as the optimization parameters (i) the pH of the initial Resorcinol-Formaldehyde-Catalyst (RFC) solution, (ii) Reactants to Liquid mass ratio (R/L) of the RFC solution, and (iii) the Pyrolysis Temperature (PT).