Issue 11, 2012
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Energy & Environmental Science

Batteries for lithium recovery from brines†

Mauro Pasta,‡a   Alberto Battistel‡a  and  Fabio La Mantia*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Analytische Chemie – Zentrum für Elektrochemie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
E-mail: fabio.lamantia@rub.de

Abstract

Here, we report a new battery capable of efficiently recovering lithium from brines that is composed of a lithium-capturing cationic electrode (LiFePO4) and a chloride-capturing anionic electrode (Ag). It can convert a sodium-rich brine (Li : Na = 1 : 100) into a lithium-rich solution (Li : Na = 5 : 1) by consuming 144 W h per kg of lithium recovered.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2EE22977C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Jul 2012
Accepted
17 Sep 2012
First published
17 Sep 2012

Energy Environ. Sci., 2012,5, 9487-9491

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M. Pasta, A. Battistel and F. La Mantia, Energy Environ. Sci., 2012, 5, 9487 DOI: 10.1039/C2EE22977C

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