Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (1): 14-26.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0144

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Research progress on lithium extraction technology from salt lake brine

KONG Lingjie1, LI Guangbi2(), XIE Jiahao1, YANG Xinhui3, BAI Xiaoqin1()   

  1. 1.College of Marine & Enviromental Sciences,Tianjin University of Science & Technology,Tianjin 300457,China
    2.College of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science,Tianjin university of science & Technology,Tianjin 300457,China
    3.School of Chemical Engineering and Technology,Tianjin University,Tianjin 300350,China
  • Received:2024-03-13 Online:2025-01-10 Published:2024-04-26
  • Contact: LI Guangbi, BAI Xiaoqin E-mail:gbli@tust.edu.cn;baixiaoqin@tust.edu.cn

Abstract:

With the booming development of new energy technologies in recent years,the global demand for lithium products has increased dramatically.Due to the current situation of lithium resource endowment in China,salt lake brine has become an important source of lithium extraction.Overview of research progress on lithium extraction from salt lake brine is of great significance to the development of lithium resources in China′s salt lake brine.This work focused on membrane separation,adsorption,solvent extraction,electrochemical methods,etc.,suitable for high magnesium-to-lithium ratio brines,as well as salt gradient solar cell and precipitation methods suitable for low magnesium-to-lithium ratio brines.The advantages and disadvantages of the methods were analyzed from various aspects such as technological characteristics,performance,and extraction rate,etc.Based on the different performance of salt lake lithium extraction technologies,the adsorption coupling membrane separation method and other combined processes were discussed to have the advantages in industrialized lithium extraction from salt lake brine.Based on the existing lithium extraction technology,the ideas and directions for the development of lithium extraction from salt lake brine in China were put forward.

Key words: salt lake brine, Mg-lithium ratio, lithium extraction, industrialization

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