Patent ID: 9633798
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: H01G,Y02E

Claim:
1. A capacitive deionization device, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; a dielectric spacer flow channel positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first salt solution; a positive charge specific membrane material proximate the first electrode and forming a positive ion selective barrier between the first salt solution and the dielectric spacer flow channel; a second salt solution; and a negative charge specific membrane material proximate the second electrode and forming a negative ion selective barrier between the second salt solution and the dielectric spacer flow channel, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the positive charge specific membrane material comprises a first plurality of closed voids containing the first salt solution, and wherein at least one of the second electrode and the negative charge specific membrane matter comprises a second plurality of closed voids containing the second salt solution.