화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.81, 7-23, January, 2020
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2019.09.002  Export Citation
Membrane technologies for Li+/Mg2+ separation from salt-lake brines and seawater: A comprehensive review
Ye Zhang1, 2, Li Wang1, 2, †, Wei Sun1, 2, Yuehua Hu1, 2, and Honghu Tang1, 2
  • 1School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Hunan Province for Clean and Efficient Utilization of Strategic Calcium-containing Mineral Resources, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China
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Recent years have seen rapid improvement of technology and large-scale applications of lithium-ion batteries, which leads to an increasing market demand for lithium. Since the land lithium resources are diminishing drastically, the sources of lithium extraction have shifted to the large amount of water resources containing salt-lake brines and seawater. Among the varieties of aqueous recovery approaches, membrane technology seems to have huge development potential and good application prospect. This is because the membrane technologies exhibit excellent Li/Mg separation selectivity, with low energy consumption and green process owing to no addition of chemicals. The present work reviews the latest advances in various membrane technologies, including nanofiltration membrane, electrodialysis, membrane capacitive deionization approaches, solid electrolyte electrolysis-based technology, etc. The recent developments in positively charged nanofiltration membrane are discussed in terms of the preparation methods, membrane properties, and Li/Mg separation coefficient. In addition, the effects of several factors on electrodialysis for lithium extraction and relevant mechanisms in both simple and actual saline systems are discussed, including applied voltage, VC/VD, and coexisting ions. The applications of electrodialysis with novel selective membrane involving nanofiltration membrane as well as solid electrolyte membrane and perspectives for further investigation are proposed.
Keywords:Li/Mg separation;Brines and seawater;Nanofiltration;Electrodialysis;Green principle
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