Fig. 6: Scalability, energy efficiency, and adaptability evaluations of the CEWD system. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Scalability, energy efficiency, and adaptability evaluations of the CEWD system.

From: Simultaneous generation of residue-free reactive oxygen species and bacteria capture for efficient electrochemical water disinfection

Fig. 6

Digital photos of a the practical-scale testing setup of the Ag NCs@ZIF-67-based CEWD system (the solar panel is used to provide electricity only) and b water samples collected from four natural sources; c maximum allowable flow rate of the three devices assuming that the antimicrobial efficiency is greater than 99.0%; d relationship between the maximum water productivity of the CEWD system and the electrode area; e energy consumption of the CEWD system as a function of water productivity; f antimicrobial performance of the CEWD system for four water samples; and g radar charts of the CEWD system in comparison with other water disinfection techniques in the literature7,45,46,47. Error bars = s.d. (n = 3).

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