Preparation and evaluation of α-Al2O3 supported lithium ion sieve membranes for Li+ extraction

doi:10.1016/j.cjche.2020.05.006

中国化学工程学报 ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (9): 2312-2318.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2020.05.006

• Separation Science and Engineering • 上一篇下一篇

Preparation and evaluation of α-Al₂O₃ supported lithium ion sieve membranes for Li⁺ extraction

Feng Xue, Xiaoxian Zhang, Yue Niu, Chenhao Yi, Shengui Ju, Weihong Xing

College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China

收稿日期:2019-11-28 修回日期:2020-04-20 出版日期:2020-09-28 发布日期:2020-10-21
通讯作者: Shengui Ju
基金资助:
This work was financially supported by National Key Research and Development Program (2018YFE0203502), China; Primary Research and Development Plan of Jiangsu Province (BE2019117), China and National Students' Platform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training (201910291051Z), China.

Preparation and evaluation of α-Al₂O₃ supported lithium ion sieve membranes for Li⁺ extraction

Feng Xue, Xiaoxian Zhang, Yue Niu, Chenhao Yi, Shengui Ju, Weihong Xing

College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China

Received:2019-11-28 Revised:2020-04-20 Online:2020-09-28 Published:2020-10-21
Contact: Shengui Ju
Supported by:
This work was financially supported by National Key Research and Development Program (2018YFE0203502), China; Primary Research and Development Plan of Jiangsu Province (BE2019117), China and National Students' Platform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training (201910291051Z), China.

摘要/Abstract

摘要： Spinel lithium manganese oxide ion-sieves have been considered the most promising adsorbents to extract Li⁺ from brines and sea water. Here, we report a lithium ion-sieve which was successfully loaded onto tubular α-Al₂O₃ ceramic substrates by dipping crystallization and post-calcination method. The lithium manganese oxide Li₄Mn₅O₁₂ was first synthesized onto tubular α-Al₂O₃ ceramic substrates as the ion-sieve precursor (i.e. L-AA), and the corresponding lithium ion-sieve (i.e. H-AA) was obtained after acid pickling. The chemical and morphological properties of the ion-sieve were confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Both L-AA and H-AA showed characteristic peaks of α-Al₂O₃ and cubic phase Li₄Mn₅O₁₂, and the peaks representing cubic phase could still exist after pickling. The lithium manganese oxide Li₄Mn₅O₁₂ could be uniformly loaded not only on the surface of α-Al₂O₃ substrates but also inside the pores. Moreover, we found that the equilibrium adsorption capacity of H-AA was 22.9 mg·g^-1. After 12 h adsorption, the adsorption balance was reached. After 5 cycles of adsorption, the adsorption capacity of H-AA was 60.88% of the initial adsorption capacity. The process of H-AA adsorption for Li⁺ correlated with pseudo-second order kinetic model and Langmuir model. Adsorption thermodynamic parameters regarding enthalpy (ΔH), Gibbs free energy (ΔG) and entropy (ΔS) were calculated. For the dynamic adsorption- desorption process of H-AA, the H-AA exhibited excellent adsorption performance to Li⁺ with the Li⁺ dynamic adsorption capacity of 9.74 mg·g^-1 and the Mn²⁺ dissolution loss rate of 0.99%. After 3 dynamic adsorption-desorption cycles, 80% of the initial dynamic adsorption capacity was still kept.

关键词: Lithium, α-Al₂O₃ tube, Ion sieve, Adsorption, Li₄Mn₅O₁₂

Abstract: Spinel lithium manganese oxide ion-sieves have been considered the most promising adsorbents to extract Li⁺ from brines and sea water. Here, we report a lithium ion-sieve which was successfully loaded onto tubular α-Al₂O₃ ceramic substrates by dipping crystallization and post-calcination method. The lithium manganese oxide Li₄Mn₅O₁₂ was first synthesized onto tubular α-Al₂O₃ ceramic substrates as the ion-sieve precursor (i.e. L-AA), and the corresponding lithium ion-sieve (i.e. H-AA) was obtained after acid pickling. The chemical and morphological properties of the ion-sieve were confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Both L-AA and H-AA showed characteristic peaks of α-Al₂O₃ and cubic phase Li₄Mn₅O₁₂, and the peaks representing cubic phase could still exist after pickling. The lithium manganese oxide Li₄Mn₅O₁₂ could be uniformly loaded not only on the surface of α-Al₂O₃ substrates but also inside the pores. Moreover, we found that the equilibrium adsorption capacity of H-AA was 22.9 mg·g^-1. After 12 h adsorption, the adsorption balance was reached. After 5 cycles of adsorption, the adsorption capacity of H-AA was 60.88% of the initial adsorption capacity. The process of H-AA adsorption for Li⁺ correlated with pseudo-second order kinetic model and Langmuir model. Adsorption thermodynamic parameters regarding enthalpy (ΔH), Gibbs free energy (ΔG) and entropy (ΔS) were calculated. For the dynamic adsorption- desorption process of H-AA, the H-AA exhibited excellent adsorption performance to Li⁺ with the Li⁺ dynamic adsorption capacity of 9.74 mg·g^-1 and the Mn²⁺ dissolution loss rate of 0.99%. After 3 dynamic adsorption-desorption cycles, 80% of the initial dynamic adsorption capacity was still kept.

Key words: Lithium, α-Al₂O₃ tube, Ion sieve, Adsorption, Li₄Mn₅O₁₂

Feng Xue, Xiaoxian Zhang, Yue Niu, Chenhao Yi, Shengui Ju, Weihong Xing. Preparation and evaluation of α-Al₂O₃ supported lithium ion sieve membranes for Li⁺ extraction[J]. 中国化学工程学报, 2020, 28(9): 2312-2318.

Feng Xue, Xiaoxian Zhang, Yue Niu, Chenhao Yi, Shengui Ju, Weihong Xing. Preparation and evaluation of α-Al₂O₃ supported lithium ion sieve membranes for Li⁺ extraction[J]. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, 28(9): 2312-2318.

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