| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T21: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Energy Materials for Sustainable Development
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| Presentation Title |
Recovery of Lithium from Geothermal Brines and Minerals |
| Author(s) |
Parans Parans Paranthaman |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Parans Parans Paranthaman |
| Abstract Scope |
Lithium has been identified as one of the near-critical elements and is essential for US energy security. Small US production (ca. 2% of the global supply) and heavy import reliance despite rapid domestic demand growth for lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles provide impetus for early-stage research. Lithium−aluminum layered double hydroxide chloride (LDH) has been recently demonstrated to be a promising sorbent material for selective lithium extraction and recovery from geothermal brine. LDH samples have been synthesized from two different starting materials (alumina and gibbsite) and with two post-drying conditions (ambient-dried and oven-dried) as well as and Fe doped LDH are studied using neutron vibrational spectroscopy. We will report in detail about the recent results on these sorbents. This research was supported by the Critical Materials Institute, an Energy Innovation Hub funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Advanced Manufacturing Office. |