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Adsorption-type aluminium-based direct lithium extraction: The effect of heat, salinity and lithium content
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Conventional lithium production through solar evaporation is considered a time-consuming procedure, taking a substantial 12 to 18 months with significant environmental impacts such as aquifer depletion and damaging the basin's complex hydrological system. Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) has emerged as a promising alternative for lithium extraction from brines, offering reduced environmental impact. Although adsorption-type DLE with aluminium-based adsorbents is the sole commercial technology of DLE, a debate persists concerning its Technology Readiness Level (TRL), which challenges the prevailing notion that adsorption-type DLE undeniably reaches a TRL of 9. Within this narrative, we propose that adsorption is capable of attaining its highest potential TRL in lithium recovery from brines when three critical conditions are met: the presence of a certain level of salinity, a minimum lithium content in the brine, and a heat source to heat up the brine. In this account, an attempt has been made to elucidate the role of these three minimum criteria during adsorption-type DLE.
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“DLE methods, serving as an alternative to the slow solar evaporation process, include ion exchange [18], adsorption [19,20], solvent extraction [21], membrane separation [22], and electrochemical techniques [23,24].”
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- Authors
- Boroumand, Y., & Razmjou, A.
- Affiliations
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Razmjou, Amir
- ORCID
- Razmjou, Amir
- Venue
- Desalination
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-05
- Volume
- 577
- Pages
- 117406
- ISSN
- 0011-9164 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4391486142
- Cited by
- 107
- References
- 66
- Citations by year
- 2026: 50 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 19
- FWCI
- 14.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Desalination (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Australasian Journal of Paramedicine (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Metals and Alloys › Extraction and Separation Processes
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Adsorption and Cooling Systems
- Physical Sciences › Chemical Engineering › Filtration and Separation › Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
- Keywords
- direct lithium extraction, lithium recovery from brine, solar evaporation, salinity, heat source, technology readiness level, lithium production
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