Lithium Metal Recovery from Sea Water by a Flexible and Scalable Membrane with Lithium-Ion Exclusive Channels
Jingui Yang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
These authors contributed equally.
Search for more papers by this authorYigang Wang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
These authors contributed equally.
Search for more papers by this authorMenghang Zhang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorPengfei Wang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorXuewei He
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
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Haoshen Zhou
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
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Ping He
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorJingui Yang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
These authors contributed equally.
Search for more papers by this authorYigang Wang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
These authors contributed equally.
Search for more papers by this authorMenghang Zhang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorPengfei Wang
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorXuewei He
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Haoshen Zhou
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ping He
Center of Energy Storage Materials & Technology, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, 210093 Nanjing, PR China
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Extracting and obtaining lithium metal anodes from sea water for assembly of Li metal batteries by using single-channel Li ion-sieve membrane. The membrane effectively blocks water and interfering ions, allowing only Li ions to be transported.
Abstract
Sea water is abundant in lithium reserves, and extracting lithium metal from it holds the potential to not only mitigate the shortage of lithium in light of the fast-growing electric vehicle industry, but also serve as an anode electrode to provide electricity. The task, however, is challenging due to the harsh reactions and low lithium concentration in sea water. Here, we present a single-channel strategy based on a flexible and scalable lithium ion-sieve membrane for efficient lithium extraction. Our composite membrane exhibits high separation factor βLi/Na of more than 2.87×107 with an ionic conductivity of 6.2×10−5 S cm−1. Lithium metal was electrolytically extracted from sea water through a hybrid-electrolyte system, which yielded a high Coulombic efficiency of 98.04 % and a low energy consumption of 17.4 kWh kgLi−1 at an optimized extracting current of 200 μA cm−2. The extracted lithium metal can be directly integrated into a lithium-sulfur battery, delivering an energy output of 395 Wh kg−1. To demonstrate its industrial viability, we also fabricate a pouch cell with Li metal anode extracted by an amplified extraction prototype. This study has the potential to dispel concerns of lithium depletion and facilitate the sustainable development of lithium-based energy storage systems.
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