Driven by the electric-vehicle revolution, a sharp increase in lithium (Li) demand as a result
of the need to produce Li-ion batteries is expected in coming years. To enable a sustainable …

The ocean has often been announced as a sustainable source of important materials for
civilization. Application of the same extraction processes to desalination concentrate, rather …

Lithium is considered to be the most important energy metal of the 21st century. Because of
the development trend of global electrification, the consumption of lithium has increased …

Desalination brine has high salinity and contains various chemical contaminants and its
disposal causes a major concern for desalination around the world. Environmentally friendly …

The ever‐increasing amount of batteries used in today's society has led to an increase in the
demand of lithium in the last few decades. While mining resources of this element have …

Lithium/aluminum layered double hydroxides (Li/Al-LDHs) without elution damage, have
been regarded as the most applicable adsorbents in the industrial lithium extraction from …

Membrane distillation (MD) is a promising alternative thermal-based membrane process that
can achieve high-quality freshwater across various impaired water sources. However, the …

Titanium-type lithium-ion sieves with stronger Ti-O bond have the advantages of stable
structure, good acid resistance and excellent Li+ adsorption performance, being the …

Industrial applications, such as lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), have an increasing demand for
lithium products, and the recovery of lithium plays an important role in the industrial cycle of …

The mechanism of lithium ion-sieve adsorbing Li+ ions from brines is based on the Li+/H+
ion exchange, where Li+ ions in brines are adsorbed on ion-sieves to displace H+ ions, and …