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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Central South University, Changsha, CN;
Zhongwei Zhao, Changsha, CN;
Xuheng Liu, Changsha, CN;
CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, Changsha, CN;
Abstract
A method for extracting and enriching lithium, including: (a) providing an electrodialysis device including an electrodialysis cell; (b) dividing the electrodialysis cell into a lithium salt chamber and a brine chamber using an anion exchange membrane; (c) filling the brine chamber with salt lake brine; (d) filling the lithium salt chamber with a Mgfree supporting electrolyte solution; (e) placing a conductive substrate coated with an ion sieve in the brine chamber to operate as a cathode; (f) placing a conductive substrate coated with a lithium-intercalated ion sieve in the lithium salt chamber to operate as an anode; and (g) carrying out an electrodialysis.