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Kazi OA, Chen W, Eatman JG, Gao F, Liu Y, Wang Y, Xia Z, Darling SB. Material Design Strategies for Recovery of Critical Resources from Water. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2300913. [PMID: 37000538 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Population growth, urbanization, and decarbonization efforts are collectively straining the supply of limited resources that are necessary to produce batteries, electronics, chemicals, fertilizers, and other important products. Securing the supply chains of these critical resources via the development of separation technologies for their recovery represents a major global challenge to ensure stability and security. Surface water, groundwater, and wastewater are emerging as potential new sources to bolster these supply chains. Recently, a variety of material-based technologies have been developed and employed for separations and resource recovery in water. Judicious selection and design of these materials to tune their properties for targeting specific solutes is central to realizing the potential of water as a source for critical resources. Here, the materials that are developed for membranes, sorbents, catalysts, electrodes, and interfacial solar steam generators that demonstrate promise for applications in critical resource recovery are reviewed. In addition, a critical perspective is offered on the grand challenges and key research directions that need to be addressed to improve their practical viability.
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- Omar A Kazi
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Zhang J, Tanjedrew N, Wenzel M, Royla P, Du H, Kiatisevi S, Lindoy LF, Weigand JJ. Selective Separation of Lithium, Magnesium and Calcium using 4-Phosphoryl Pyrazolones as pH-Regulated Receptors. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202216011. [PMID: 36625760 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202216011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Ensuring continuous and sustainable lithium supply requires the development of highly efficient separation processes such as LLE (liquid-liquid extraction) for both primary sources and certain waste streams. In this work, 4-phosphoryl pyrazolones are used in an efficient pH-controlled stepwise separation of Li+ from Ca2+ , Mg2+ , Na+ and K+ . The factors affecting LLE process, such as the substitution pattern of the extractant, diluent/water distribution, co-ligand, pH, and speciation of the metal complexes involved, were systematically investigated. The maximum extraction efficiency of Li+ at pH 6.0 was 94 % when Mg2+ and Ca2+ were previously separated at pH<5.0, proving that the separation of these ions is possible by simply modulating the pH of the aqueous phase. Our study points a way to separation of lithium from acid brine or from spent lithium ion battery leaching solutions, which supports the future supply of lithium in a more environmentally friendly and sustainable manner.
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- Jianfeng Zhang
- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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- National Engineering Research Center of Green Recycling for Strategic Metal Resources, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry (PERCH-CIC), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- School of Chemistry, F11, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW-2006, Australia
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany
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Li E, Zhang F, Cheng F, Cheng H. High selective adsorption of lithium by photochromic porous SP-C/PVDF membranes with the driven force of an external electric field. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.121160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Solvent-resistant porous membranes using poly(ether—ether ketone): preparation and application. Front Chem Sci Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-022-2221-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kalmykov DO, Makaev SV, Golubev GS, Volkov AV. Evaporation–Extraction Membrane Process for the Extraction of Lithium from Salt Lakes. MEMBRANES AND MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGIES 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s2517751622040059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Stable ionic liquid-based polymer inclusion membranes for lithium and magnesium separation. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhao Y, Li N, Shi J, Xia Y, Zhu B, Shao R, Min C, Xu Z, Deng H. Extra-thin composite nanofiltration membranes tuned by γ-cyclodextrins containing amphipathic cavities for efficient separation of magnesium/lithium ions. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Butt FS, Lewis A, Chen T, Mazlan NA, Wei X, Hayer J, Chen S, Han J, Yang Y, Yang S, Huang Y. Lithium Harvesting from the Most Abundant Primary and Secondary Sources: A Comparative Study on Conventional and Membrane Technologies. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12040373. [PMID: 35448344 PMCID: PMC9025773 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12040373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The exponential rise in lithium demand over the last decade, as one of the largest sources for energy storage in terms of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), has posed a great threat to the existing lithium supply and demand balance. The current methodologies available for lithium extraction, separation and recovery, both from primary (brines/seawater) and secondary (LIBs) sources, suffer not only at the hands of excessive use of chemicals but complicated, time-consuming and environmentally detrimental design procedures. Researchers across the world are working to review and update the available technologies for lithium harvesting in terms of their economic and feasibility analysis. Following its excessive consumption of sustainable energy resources, its demand has risen sharply and therefore requires urgent attention. In this paper, different available methodologies for lithium extraction and recycling from the most abundant primary and secondary lithium resources have been reviewed and compared. This review also includes the prospects of using membrane technology as a promising replacement for conventional methods.
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- Fraz Saeed Butt
- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
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- School of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 051432, China
- Correspondence: (J.H.); (Y.H.)
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- Jiangsu Dingying New Materials Co., Ltd., Changzhou 213031, China; (Y.Y.); (S.Y.)
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- Jiangsu Dingying New Materials Co., Ltd., Changzhou 213031, China; (Y.Y.); (S.Y.)
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- School of Engineering, Institute for Materials & Processes, The University of Edinburgh, Robert Stevenson Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK; (F.S.B.); (A.L.); (T.C.); (N.A.M.); (X.W.); (J.H.); (S.C.)
- Correspondence: (J.H.); (Y.H.)
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Wu J, Li N, Liu S, Shi W, Min C, Zhu B, Shao R, Pei X, Cai Z, Xu Z. Graphene oxide membranes with a confined mass transfer effect for Li +/Mg 2+ separation: a molecular dynamics study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:26011-26022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03542a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Molecular dynamics simulations were used to investigate the influence of the confined mass transfer effect on the separation of Mg2+ and Li+ from graphene oxide membranes, both in terms of layer spacing and degree of oxidation.
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Zhang Y, Gao Y, Wang P, Xu Y, Yang Z, Zhang J. SiC foam with a hollow skeleton and microporous strut wall used as a membrane contactor for the liquid-liquid extraction of Ce3+ and Pr3+. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Zante G, Boltoeva M, Masmoudi A, Barillon R, Trébouet D. Supported ionic liquid and polymer inclusion membranes for metal separation. SEPARATION & PURIFICATION REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/15422119.2020.1846564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Guillaume Zante
- CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, Université De Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- ADEME, 20 Avenue du Grésillé, Angers Cédex 01, 49004, France
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- CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, Université De Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, Université De Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Yue XY, Li YY, Zhang QW, Liao G, Yi HB. Synergistic effects of hydration shells and ion association on Li+ selectivity of bivalent cations adsorbed carboxylate graphene nanopore: A molecular simulation study. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Kalmykov D, Makaev S, Golubev G, Eremeev I, Vasilevsky V, Song J, He T, Volkov A. Operation of Three-Stage Process of Lithium Recovery from Geothermal Brine: Simulation. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:membranes11030175. [PMID: 33671063 PMCID: PMC8001782 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11030175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2020] [Revised: 02/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lithium-rich geothermal waters are considered as an alternative source, and further concentration of lithium is required for its effective recovery. In this work, we have simulated a three-stage lithium recovery process including the brine softening by precipitation Ca2+/Mg2+ cations with sodium carbonate (calculated in PHREEQC), followed by an integrated system consisting of membrane distillation unit (water evaporation), crystallizer (NaCl precipitation), and membrane extraction (Li+ recovery), which was simulated in Simulink/MATLAB. It was shown that the deterioration of membrane performance in time due to scaling/fouling plays a critical role in the performance of the system resulting in the dramatic increase of the replaced membrane modules by a factor of 5. Low cost membranes are required. The process simulation based on the experimental and literature data on the high salinity solutions with the membrane distillation revealed that the specific productivity can be achieved in the range of 9.9–880 g (Li+) per square meter of membranes in the module used before its replacement. The increase of energy efficiency is needed. The mass-flow-rate of saline solution circulated to the crystallizer was set at its almost minimum value as 6.5 kg/min to enable its successful operation at the given parameters of the membrane distillation unit. In other words, the operation of the integrated system having 140 kg of saline solution in the loop and a membrane module of 2.5 m2 for concentration of lithium presence from 0.11 up to 2.3 g/kg would be associated with the circulation of about of 259 tons of saline solution per month between the distillation unit (60 °C) and the crystallizer (15 °C) to yield of up to 1.4 kg of lithium ions. The comprehensive summary and discussion are presented in the conclusions section.
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- Denis Kalmykov
- A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, 29 Leninsky prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (D.K.); (S.M.); (G.G.); (I.E.); (V.V.)
- National Research Nuclear University Moscow Engineering Physics Institute MEPhI, 115409 Moscow, Russia
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- A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, 29 Leninsky prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (D.K.); (S.M.); (G.G.); (I.E.); (V.V.)
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- A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, 29 Leninsky prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (D.K.); (S.M.); (G.G.); (I.E.); (V.V.)
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- A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, 29 Leninsky prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (D.K.); (S.M.); (G.G.); (I.E.); (V.V.)
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- A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, 29 Leninsky prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (D.K.); (S.M.); (G.G.); (I.E.); (V.V.)
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China; (J.S.); (T.H.)
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China; (J.S.); (T.H.)
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- A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis RAS, 29 Leninsky prospekt, 119991 Moscow, Russia; (D.K.); (S.M.); (G.G.); (I.E.); (V.V.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-495-955-48-93
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Saif H, Huertas R, Pawlowski S, Crespo J, Velizarov S. Development of highly selective composite polymeric membranes for Li+/Mg2+ separation. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chen J, Lin S, Yu J. High-selective cyclic adsorption and magnetic recovery performance of magnetic lithium-aluminum layered double hydroxides (MLDHs) in extracting Li+ from ultrahigh Mg/Li ratio brines. Sep Purif Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Impact of SPEEK on PEEK membranes: Demixing, morphology and performance enhancement in lithium membrane extraction. J Memb Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2020.118448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Song J, Chen G, Li X, He T, Jiang B. Membrane chemical exchange for lithium isotope enrichment(II): Multistage cascade process. FUSION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2020.111821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Zhao X, Zhang H, Yuan Y, Ren Y, Wang N. Ultra-fast and stable extraction of Li metal from seawater. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:1577-1580. [PMID: 31934699 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08927f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ultra-dense (99.2%) and ultra-stable Li7La3Zr2O12 were synthesized via a spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique, which were applied as solid-state electrolytes in Li metal extraction from seawater. 198 μg cm-2 h-1 of extraction efficiency and 1.0%-3.7% of power comsumption showed their promising potential for Li metal extraction.
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- Xuemei Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resources Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan 570228, P. R. China.
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Guo C, Li N, Qian X, Shi J, Jing M, Teng K, Xu Z. Ultra-thin double Janus nanofiltration membrane for separation of Li+ and Mg2+: “Drag” effect from carboxyl-containing negative interlayer. Sep Purif Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Pramanik BK, Nghiem LD, Hai FI. Extraction of strategically important elements from brines: Constraints and opportunities. WATER RESEARCH 2020; 168:115149. [PMID: 31604175 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Strategically important elements are those that are vital to advanced manufacturing, low carbon technologies and other growing industries. Ongoing depletion and supply risks to these elements are a critical concern, and thus, recovery of these elements from low-grade ores and brines has generated significant interest worldwide. Among the strategically important elements, this paper focuses on rare earth elements (REEs), the platinum-group metals and lithium due to their wide application in the advanced industrial economics. We critically review the current methods such as precipitation, ion exchange and solvent extraction for extracting these elements from low-grade ores and brines and provide insight into the technical challenges to the practical realisation of metal extraction from these low-grade sources. The challenges include the low concentration of the target elements in brines and inadequate selectivity of the existing methods. This review also critically analyzes the potential applicability of an integrated clean water production and metal extraction process based on conventional pressure-driven membrane and emerging membrane technologies (e.g., membrane distillation). Such a process can first enrich the strategically important elements in solution for their subsequent recovery along with clean water production.
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- Biplob Kumar Pramanik
- Civil and Infrastructure Engineering Discipline, School of Engineering, RMIT University, VIC, 3001, Australia.
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NWS, 2007, Australia; NTT Institute of Hi-Technology, Nguyen Tat Thanh University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Strategic Water Infrastructure Laboratory, School of Civil, Mining and Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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Li X, Mo Y, Qing W, Shao S, Tang CY, Li J. Membrane-based technologies for lithium recovery from water lithium resources: A review. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Huang T, Song J, He S, Li T, Li XM, He T. Enabling sustainable green close-loop membrane lithium extraction by acid and solvent resistant poly (ether ether ketone) membrane. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Babin A, Bougie F, Rodrigue D, Iliuta MC. A closer look on the development and commercialization of membrane contactors for mass transfer and separation processes. Sep Purif Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.115679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Impact of the ethylene content on poly (ethylene-co-vinyl alcohol) membrane morphology and performance via immersion precipitation for lithium extraction. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Xiao Z, Zheng R, Liu Y, He H, Yuan X, Ji Y, Li D, Yin H, Zhang Y, Li XM, He T. Slippery for scaling resistance in membrane distillation: A novel porous micropillared superhydrophobic surface. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 155:152-161. [PMID: 30844676 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Scaling in membrane distillation (MD) is a key issue in desalination of concentrated saline water, where the interface property between the membrane and the feed become critical. In this paper, a slippery mechanism was explored as an innovative concept to understand the scaling behavior in membrane distillation for a soluble salt, NaCl. The investigation was based on a novel design of a superhydrophobic polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane with micro-pillar arrays (MP-PVDF) using a micromolding phase separation (μPS) method. The membrane showed a contact angle of 166.0 ± 2.3° and the sliding angle of 15.8 ± 3.3°. After CF4 plasma treatment, the resultant membrane (CF4-MP-PVDF) showed a reduced sliding angle of 3.0°. In direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD), the CF4-MP-PVDF membrane illustrated excellent anti-scaling in concentrating saturated NaCl feed. Characterization of the used membranes showed that aggregation of NaCl crystals occurred on the control PVDF and MP-PVDF membranes, but not on the CF4-MP-PVDF membrane. To understand this phenomenon, a "slippery" theory was introduced and correlated the sliding angle to the slippery surface of CF4-MP-PVDF and its anti-scaling property. This work proposed a well-defined physical and theoretical platform for investigating scaling problems in membrane distillation and beyond.
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- Zechun Xiao
- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China; School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8LT, UK
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Nanjing University, Jiangsu, 210093, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8LT, UK
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201210, China; School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8LT, UK.
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Harvesting vapor by hygroscopic acid to create pore: Morphology, crystallinity and performance of poly (ether ether ketone) lithium ion battery separator. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Xiao T, Dou P, Wang J, Song J, Wang Y, Li XM, He T. Concentrating greywater using hollow fiber thin film composite forward osmosis membranes: Fouling and process optimization. Chem Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2018.06.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Selective extraction of lithium from alkaline brine using HBTA-TOPO synergistic extraction system. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Li W, Shi C, Zhou A, He X, Sun Y, Zhang J. A positively charged composite nanofiltration membrane modified by EDTA for LiCl/MgCl2 separation. Sep Purif Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.05.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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