With the worldwide rise in electric vehicles, the demand for lithium batteries is increasing day by day. In 2015, China's new energy vehicles developed rapidly, and the price of lithium carbonate rose from fifty or s...With the worldwide rise in electric vehicles, the demand for lithium batteries is increasing day by day. In 2015, China's new energy vehicles developed rapidly, and the price of lithium carbonate rose from fifty or sixty thousand yuan per ton to 150 thousand yuan. In the past, lithium was often extracted from spodumene (LiAlSi2O6), which is time consuming, laborious and expensive. Over the past decade, abundant lithium has been discovered in brackish and salt water lakes, which is an important way to obtain lithium resources.展开更多
电控离子交换(Electrochemically switched ion exchange,ESIX)系统内对电极具有保持溶液电中性、增强提锂效果且使系统形成闭合回路的关键作用。在ESIX技术盐湖提锂过程中人们主要关注锂离子捕获电极,关于对电极的研究较少。而本文研...电控离子交换(Electrochemically switched ion exchange,ESIX)系统内对电极具有保持溶液电中性、增强提锂效果且使系统形成闭合回路的关键作用。在ESIX技术盐湖提锂过程中人们主要关注锂离子捕获电极,关于对电极的研究较少。而本文研究了不同类型对电极对ESIX系统提锂性能的影响。分别采用聚吡咯/导电炭黑/聚偏二氟乙烯(PPy/C/PVDF)、活性炭/导电炭黑/聚偏二氟乙烯(AC/C/PVDF)和石墨板电极作为ESIX系统中锰酸锂/导电炭黑/聚偏二氟乙烯(LiMn_(2)O_(4)/C/PVDF)提锂膜电极的对电极,考察了这3种ESIX系统在氯化物型高镁锂比模拟卤水(Mg/Li~50)中的提锂性能。结果表明,当PPy/C/PVDF作为对电极时可有效吸附卤水中Cl^(-),且ESIX系统提锂性能最优,Li^(+)吸附量为13.9 mg/g;当PPy/C/PVDF电极湿膜厚度增加至1 mm时,ESIX系统对Li^(+)的提取率可达44.2%,Li^(+)/Mg^(2+)分离因子可达56.82。因此,针对不同的阴离子型盐湖卤水设计匹配的对电极对ESIX技术在盐湖提锂领域的发展具有重要的理论指导意义。展开更多
文摘With the worldwide rise in electric vehicles, the demand for lithium batteries is increasing day by day. In 2015, China's new energy vehicles developed rapidly, and the price of lithium carbonate rose from fifty or sixty thousand yuan per ton to 150 thousand yuan. In the past, lithium was often extracted from spodumene (LiAlSi2O6), which is time consuming, laborious and expensive. Over the past decade, abundant lithium has been discovered in brackish and salt water lakes, which is an important way to obtain lithium resources.