Anti-corrosive, anti-reactive current conductors for electrochemical devices for removing ions from solutions

An electrochemical device for removing ions from a solution, the electrochemical device comprising:

• first and second compartments divided by a first anion exchange membrane, the first and second compartments including first and second electrodes, respectively, the first and second compartments including first and second current conductors, respectively, the first current conductor being attached to the first electrode, the second current conductor being attached to the second electrode, the first compartment being configured to admit a first inlet stream of the solution and provide a first outlet stream of the solution, the second compartment being configured to admit a second inlet stream of the solution and provide a second outlet stream of the solution, the second current conductor including a second current conductor substrate having a second current conductor surface and an anti-corrosive, anti-reactive coating coated onto the second current conductor surface and containing a second material with a second chemical composition of MgCr2O4, and the anti-corrosive, anti-reactive coating including a surface etching formed at a regular interval throughout a length or a width of the anti-corrosive, anti-reactive coating.

An electrochemical device for removing ions from a solution, the electrochemical device comprising:

• first and second compartments divided by a first anion exchange membrane, the first and second compartments including first and second electrodes, respectively, the first and second compartments including first and second current conductors, respectively, the first current conductor being attached to the first electrode, the second current conductor being attached to the second electrode, the first compartment being configured to admit a first inlet stream of the solution and provide a first outlet stream of the solution, the second compartment being configured to admit a second inlet stream of the solution and provide a second outlet stream of the solution, the second current conductor including a second current conductor substrate having a second current conductor surface and an anti-corrosive, anti-reactive coating coated onto the second current conductor surface and containing a second material with a second chemical composition of MgCr2O4, and the anti-corrosive, anti-reactive coating includes an island structure including islands.