title: Application of ionic liquids in hydrometallurgy.
abstract: Ionic liquids, low temperature molten salts, have various advantages manifesting themselves as durable and environmentally friendly solvents. Their application is expanding into various fields including hydrometallurgy due to their unique properties such as non-volatility, inflammability, low toxicity, good ionic conductivity, and wide electrochemical potential window. This paper reviews previous literatures and our recent results adopting ionic liquids in extraction, synthesis and processing of metals with an emphasis on the electrolysis of active/light, rare earth, and platinum group metals. Because the research and development of ionic liquids in this area are still emerging, various, more fundamental approaches are expected to popularize ionic liquids in the metal manufacturing industry.
authors.affiliation: School of Advanced Materials & Systems Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, Kyungbuk 203-701, Korea. parkjesik@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jesik
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy & Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Korea. yeojin1117@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: Yeojin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy & Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Korea. priyandi.pk@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Priyandi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kusumah
authors.affiliation: Metallurgy Research Team, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon 305-350, Korea. jinlee@kigam.re.kr.
authors.forename: Jinyoung
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy & Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 143-747, Korea. kfromberk@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kyungjung
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: School of Advanced Materials & Systems Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, Gumi, Kyungbuk 203-701, Korea. cklee@kumoh.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Churl Kyoung
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D004572:Electrolysis / Q000379:methods; D052578:Ionic Liquids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008669:Metallurgy / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D052578:Ionic Liquids