Performance study of lithium ion sieve composite in high gravity for Li+ adsorption

Abstract

The demand for lithium-ion batteries in new energy vehicles and energy storage technologies is rapidly increasing, making the efficient extraction of lithium resources from salt lakes, which are rich in lithium reserves, crucial. To address the issues of slow adsorption rate and low adsorption capacity of lithium ion sieves in the adsorption column, In this paper, the high-gravity rotating packed bed (RPB) is utilized for the first time to enhance the adsorption process of Li⁺ on lithium ion sieve composite material(CTS/L-HMO), thereby investigating its adsorption mechanism. Specifically, CTS/L-HMO was prepared by combining manganese-based lithium ion sieves with chitosan, and used as the filler for the RPB to adsorb lithium containing solution. The research showed that chitosan successfully coated the manganese-based lithium ion sieves and the distribution of various elements was uniform. In the RPB, the adsorption capacity of CTS/L-HMO increased first and then decreased with the increase of liquid flow rate and high gravity factor. Compared to a fixed bed, the adsorption capacity and adsorption rate in the RPB increased by 43.30 % and 33.33 %, respectively. After 10 cycles of regeneration experiments, the adsorption capacity of CTS/L-HMO remained as high as 30.19 mg/g, and it exhibited high selective adsorption for Li⁺.