The present invention relates to a process for the production of a phosphate containing fertilizer product, comprising the steps of providing a phosphate containing precipitate from a wastewater treatment process; separating water from the precipitate to provide a dewatered slurry cake; and optionally admixing a compound selected from nitrogen, potassium and additional phosphorous containing compounds. The present invention further relates to a fertilizer and uses.

The present application provides a positive electrode and a lithium-ion battery. The positive electrode comprises a current collector; a first active material layer comprising a first active material; and a second active material layer; wherein the first active material layer is arranged between the current collector and the second active material layer, the first active material layer comprises a first active material, and the first active material is at least one selected from a group consisting of a modified lithium transition metal oxide positive electrode material and a modified lithium iron phosphate. The positive electrode of the present application helps to improve the thermal stability of the lithium-ion battery, and the improvement of the thermal stability may reduce the proportion of the thermal runaway when the lithium-ion battery is internally short-circuited so that the safety performance of the lithium-ion battery is improved.

Disclosed are rare earth phosphate particles that include aggregated particles formed of a plurality of primary particles of a rare earth phosphate represented by LnPO.sub.4, wherein Ln represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Yb, and Lu. The cumulative volume particle size at a cumulative volume of 50 vol %, D.sub.50, of the aggregated particles is from 0.1 m to 20 m as measured through particle size distribution analysis using a laser diffraction and scattering method. The rare earth phosphate particles are to be distributed in a substrate or on a surface of a substrate and used to cause scattering of light.

A method of calcination includes providing a raw material including whitlockite Ca.sub.9(Mg,Fe.sup.2+)[PO.sub.3(OH)|(PO.sub.4).sub.6], and/or iron phosphate FePO.sub.4, and/or aluminum phosphate AlPO.sub.4 and/or fluorapatite Ca.sub.5(PO.sub.4).sub.3F; providing an alkaline-sulfuric compound as an additive; and calcining a mixture of the raw material with the additive to obtain a product, including a citrate soluble phosphate compound.

A method of calcination includes providing a raw material including whitlockite Ca.sub.9(Mg,Fe.sup.2+)[PO.sub.3(OH)|(PO.sub.4).sub.6], and/or iron phosphate FePO.sub.4, and/or aluminum phosphate AlPO.sub.4 and/or fluorapatite Ca.sub.5(PO.sub.4).sub.3F; providing an alkaline-sulfuric compound as an additive; and calcining a mixture of the raw material with the additive to obtain a product, including a citrate soluble phosphate compound.

A method for treating, and recovering phosphate compounds from, phosphate-containing wastewater. The method includes the steps on (a) removing fluoride from the wastewater; (b) recovering a phosphate compound from the wastewater by maintaining supersaturation conditions for the phosphate compound; and (c) polishing the wastewater. A silica removal step may be optionally performed after step (a) and before step (b).

A method for treating, and recovering phosphate compounds from, phosphate-containing wastewater. The method includes the steps on (a) removing fluoride from the wastewater; (b) recovering a phosphate compound from the wastewater by maintaining supersaturation conditions for the phosphate compound; and (c) polishing the wastewater. A silica removal step may be optionally performed after step (a) and before step (b).

The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of zeolite. A sol-gel formulation includes a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products include zeolite with increased crystallinity relative to comparable sol-gel formulations without ODSO as a precursor. In additional embodiments, the rate of crystallization of the zeolite is greater relative to comparable sol-gel formulations without ODSO.

The present invention concerns a process for producing a high purity phosphorus product from wastewater, by carrying to the process phosphate-containing wastewater that has been treated to remove biomass and other impurities, not including dissolved phosphates, creating floes using one or more iron, aluminium, magnesium or calcium salts, adding an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal hydroxide or oxide to the flocs in an amount effective to react the iron, aluminium, magnesium or calcium salt into the corresponding hydroxide, separating the hydroxide from the formed phosphate, and obtaining the high purity phosphorus product in a form of a liquid or solid phosphate salt.

A manufacturing method of a carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate material is disclosed. The manufacturing method includes steps of: (a) providing a first slurry, a carbon source and a lithium source, wherein the first slurry is formed from an iron source and a phosphorus source; (b) mixing the first slurry, the carbon source and the lithium source to form a second slurry, and grinding the second slurry in a tank at a first temperature to form a third slurry, wherein the first temperature is ranged from 25? C. to 40? C.; and (c) drying and sintering the third slurry to form the carbon-coated lithium iron phosphate material including a core layer and a coating layer coated on the core layer, wherein the core layer is formed from the lithium source, the iron source and the phosphorus source, and the coating layer is formed from the carbon source.