[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in electrodialysis technologies for recovering critical minerals from unconventional sources

G Sim, M Pishnamazi, D Seo, SR Kong, J Lee… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global challenge of climate change and the pursuit of carbon neutrality drive the
demand for clean energy technologies, increasing the need for critical minerals. However …

Review of recent progress on lithium recovery and recycling from primary and secondary sources with membrane-based technologies

DY Butylskii, VA Troitskiy, NV Smirnova… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Lithium is one of the strategic chemical elements that is of significant interest to the world
industry. Growing demand is forcing researchers to look for new effective ways to extract it …

Boosting lithium/magnesium separation performance of selective electrodialysis membranes regulated by enamine reaction

W Wang, C Wang, R Huang, G Hong, Y Zhang… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Monovalent cation exchange membranes (MCEMs) have progressively played an important
role in the field of ion separation. However, according to transition state theory (TST) …

Electro-driven direct lithium extraction from geothermal brines to generate battery-grade lithium hydroxide

L Kong, G Yan, K Hu, Y Yu, N Conte… - Nature …, 2025 - nature.com
As Li-ion batteries are increasingly being deployed in electric vehicles and grid-level energy
storage, the demand for Li is growing rapidly. Extracting lithium from alternative aqueous …

Separation and production of metallic magnesium from salt lake brine by extraction-electrodeposition technology

J Zhang, W Zhang, W Wang, C Liu, T Deng… - Separation and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The conventional methods of producing metallic magnesium involve high temperatures,
high pollution, and high energy consumption. Herein, the separation and production of …

Efficient Lithium Recovery from Water Using Polyamide Thin-Film Nanocomposite (TFN) Membrane Modified with Positively Charged Silica Nanoparticles

A Aghaei, MA Islam, E Jashni, A Khalili… - … Applied Materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The separation of Li+ from Mg2+ in salt-lake brines using nanofiltration (NF) has become the
most popular solution to meet the rising demand for lithium, particularly driven by the …

Coordination, hydration, and diffusion of vanadyl cations in negatively charged polymer membranes

JC Díaz, CE Uhlenbrock, N Singh, J Kamcev - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Charged polymer membranes that selectively transport ions are crucial for advancing
electrochemical technologies for water purification, resource recovery, and energy …

Toward improved antifouling properties and monovalent anion selectivity of anion exchange membrane via interfacial polymerization modification

R Cao, F Duan, W Ji, D Ruan, Y Xu, S Shi, Y Li, H Cao - Desalination, 2025 - Elsevier
Anion exchange membrane (AEM) with both antifouling properties and monovalent anion
selectivity are crucial to promoting the widespread application of electrodialysis in industrial …

Cap**-grafting synergistic strategy for the preparation of high-performance Mg2+/Li+ separation nanofiltration membranes

K Li, Y Hao, N Yang, L Zhang, L Zhang, Y Sun… - Journal of Membrane …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract Polyethyleneimine (PEI) nanofiltration (NF) membranes demonstrate remarkable
effectiveness in separating lithium and magnesium from salt lakes, attributed to their …

Rethinking nanofiltration membrane design for breaking the trade-off in Li/Mg separation: A comprehensive analysis based on the separation factor-lithium flux (S-JLi) …

X Zhai, J Hu, Z Chu, J Zou, X Li, Z Wang - Journal of Membrane Science, 2025 - Elsevier
Nanofiltration (NF) membranes are crucial for lithium (Li) recovery from salt-lake brine, but
efficient Li/magnesium (Mg) separation remains challenging. This study employs the …