The present disclosure relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products.

The present disclosure relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from clays and minerals, and recycled products.

A preparation method for a titanium-based lithium ion exchanger includes the following steps: step 1, preparation of lithium metatitanate precursor, namely, uniformly mixing titanium source, lithium source and water in proportion by ball milling, adding an adjuvant, and allowing reaction by ultrasonic heating and stirring, so as to obtain the lithium metatitanate precursor powder; step 2, preparation of lithium metatitanate powder, including spray drying and microwave calcination with the lithium metatitanate precursor to obtain the lithium metatitanate powder; and step 3, elution and replacement, namely, leaching out Li with an eluent to obtain lithium ion exchanger. The preparation method is a solid-liquid phase contact reaction so that the ratio of raw materials can be accurately controlled. The synthesis reaction is strengthened by ultrasound. Titanium is controlled at a relatively excessive proportion to prepare the lithium metatitanate powder with high porosity and good filterability.

A method for producing lithium manganese oxide that is a precursor of a lithium adsorbent under atmospheric pressure is provided. The method for producing a precursor of a lithium adsorbent comprises the following steps (1) to (3): (1) A 1.sup.st mixing step of mixing a manganese salt and alkali hydroxide, so as to obtain a 1.sup.st slurry containing manganese hydroxide; (2) a 2.sup.nd mixing step of adding lithium hydroxide to the 1.sup.st slurry and then mixing the mixture to obtain a 2.sup.nd slurry; and (3) an oxidation step of adding an oxidizing agent to the 2.sup.nd slurry, so as to obtain a precursor of a lithium adsorbent. The method for producing a precursor of a lithium adsorbent comprises these steps, so that a precursor of a lithium adsorbent can be produced under atmospheric pressure. Therefore, a precursor of a lithium adsorbent can be produced at a limited cost.

The present invention relates to the extraction of lithium from liquid resources such as natural and synthetic brines, leachate solutions from minerals, and recycled products.

According to the method and device for a membrane-based processing of ambient water-group species, the species are captured in a space environment by an ionic liquid disposed on a presenting face of a semipermeable membrane. To seamlessly process the captured species for in-situ resource utilization without need of moving parts, they are urged to pass through the membrane by a predetermined electric potential difference applied between opposite sides of the membrane via electrode contacts; an initial storage envelope is provided by an impermeable membrane attached to a back face of the semipermeable membrane. The device can be stowed in a manner of rolled plastic and deployed by unrolling. The device can also be configured as a scientific instrument to monitor a flux of ambient water-group species impinging in the space environment using electrical measurements.

According to the method and device for a membrane-based processing of ambient water-group species, the species are captured in a space environment by an ionic liquid disposed on a presenting face of a semipermeable membrane. To seamlessly process the captured species for in-situ resource utilization without need of moving parts, they are urged to pass through the membrane by a predetermined electric potential difference applied between opposite sides of the membrane via electrode contacts; an initial storage envelope is provided by an impermeable membrane attached to a back face of the semipermeable membrane. The device can be stowed in a manner of rolled plastic and deployed by unrolling. The device can also be configured as a scientific instrument to monitor a flux of ambient water-group species impinging in the space environment using electrical measurements.

This invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium activated alumina intercalate solid by contacting a three-dimensional activated alumina with a lithium salt under conditions sufficient to infuse lithium salts into activated alumina for the selective extraction and recovery of lithium from lithium containing solutions, including brines.

This invention relates to a method for preparing a lithium activated alumina intercalate solid by contacting a three-dimensional activated alumina with a lithium salt under conditions sufficient to infuse lithium salts into activated alumina for the selective extraction and recovery of lithium from lithium containing solutions, including brines.

A method of manufacturing an inorganic ion exchanger for the selective extraction of lithium from lithium-containing natural and technological brines is performed by interacting at least one soluble niobium(V) compound with an acid that contains at least one iron(III) compound, thus forming an electrolyte that contains a hydrated niobium(V) oxide and a hydrated iron(III) oxide, which co-precipitate and form a precipitate of a mixed hydrated niobium(V) and iron(III) oxide. The precipitate is washed, an excess of the electrolyte is removed, and the product is granulated with subsequent conversion into a lithium form, which is calcined and is converted to an H-form of the inorganic ion exchanger by treating thereof with an acid solution. the addition of Fe.sup.3+ ions contained in the iron(III) compound to the sorbent composition allows obtaining inorganic ion-exchange sorbents with a specific structure, which provides high selectivity, especially for lithium ions.