Ramalingam Karthick, Wei Qiang, Babu Ganguli, Zhu Yuchao, Han Minxian, Xiao Yidong, Liang Mengjun, Jiang Zhuosheng, Oo Than Zaw, Aung Su Htike, Chen Fuming
School of Electronics and Information Engineering, South China Normal University, Foshan 528225, P. R. China.
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Jul 13;14(27):30907-30913. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c07310. Epub 2022 Jun 30.
Herein, we propose a novel design of photo-assisted battery desalination, which provides the tri-function within a single device including the photo-assisted charge (electrical energy saving), energy storage, and desalination (salt removal). The photoelectrode (N719/TiO) is directly integrated into the zinc-iodide (Zn-I) battery with the desalination stream in the middle portion of the device. This architecture can provide a reduced energy consumption up to 50%, an energy output of 42 W h mol, and a desalination rate of 13 μg/cm min. This work is significant for the inter-discipline study of the redox flow energy storage and energy-saving desalination.