Study on lithium extraction from lithium precipitation mother liquor based on LiFePO4-Pb oxide separation-free system
摘要
With the development of new energy sources, the demand for lithium in the world is increasing, and the exploitation and utilization of lithium resources has become a urgent need. In the process of lithium salt production, a large amount of lithium precipitation mother liquor will be produced, which contains a large number of lithium resources. Due to its high Na+/Li+ ratio, it is difficult to extract Li+. The purpose of this paper is to study the performance of electrochemical lithium extraction method based on LiFePO4-Pb oxide system in lithium precipitation mother liquor. The specific capacity of the system can reach 120 mAh·g− 1 at 0.1 C. The system has good cycling performance in both high and low concentration Li2SO4 solution. The coulomb efficiency is basically above 90% in the rate test.It still has high selectivity for Li+ in lithium precipitation mother liquor with a Na+/Li+ratio of up to 10:1 (molar ratio), the concentration of Li+ in the mother liquor decreased by 21.12 mM and the concentration of Li+ in the extracting solution increased by 20.61 mM after three cycles. The average inserted capacity of Li+ was 20.1 mg/g and the extracted capacity was 19.6 mg/g. The separation coefficient of Li/Na is as high as 237.91. It can extract Li+ efficiently and has good recycling performance. It provides an advanced method for extracting Li+ from lithium precipitation mother liquor.