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Development of technology for recovering lithium from seawater by electrodialysis using ionic liquid membrane
- Source :
- Fusion Engineering and Design. 88:2956-2959
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2013.
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Abstract
- Tritium fuel for fusion reactors is produced by reacting lithium-6 ( 6 Li) with neutrons in tritium breeders. This study demonstrates a method for Li recovery from seawater, wherein Li does not permeate from the anode side to the cathode side through an ionic liquid N,N,N-trimethyl-N-propylammonium–bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide. Almost all Li ions remain on the anode side (seawater), whereas the other ions in the seawater permeate to the cathode side through the ionic liquid with an applied electric voltage of 2–3 V.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Mechanical Engineering
Inorganic chemistry
chemistry.chemical_element
Electrodialysis
Alkali metal
Cathode
Anode
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
Membrane
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
chemistry
law
Ionic liquid
General Materials Science
Lithium
Seawater
Civil and Structural Engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09203796
- Volume :
- 88
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Fusion Engineering and Design
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7d9c7e62e93d722ff1663480284dcb1d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2013.06.009