title: Capturing Lithium from Wastewater Using a Fixed Bed Packed with 3-D MnO2Ion Cages.
abstract: 3-D MnO2ion cages (CMO) were fabricated and shown to have a high capacity for lithium removal from wastewater. CMO had a maximum Li(I) adsorption capacity of 56.87 mg/g, which is 1.38 times greater than the highest reported value (41.36 mg/g). X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicated that the stability of the -Mn-O-Mn-O- skeleton played an essential role in Li adsorption. The lattice clearance had a high charge density, forming a strong electrostatic field. The Dubinin-Ashtakhov (DA) site energy distribution model based on Polanyi theory described the linear increase of Li adsorption capacity (Q0) with increasing temperature (Q0= k3× Em+ d3= k3× (a × T) + d3). Furthermore, the pore diffusion model (PDM) accurately predicted the lithium breakthrough (R2≈ 0.99). The maximum number of bed volumes (BVs) treated was 1374, 1972, and 2493 for 200 μg/L at 20, 30, and 40 °C, respectively. Higher temperatures increased the number of BVs that may be treated, which implies that CMO will be useful in treating industrial Li(I) wastewater in regions with different climates (e.g., Northern or Southern China).
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University , Nanchang, Jiangxi 330063, PR China.
authors.forename: Xubiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University , Nanchang, Jiangxi 330063, PR China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100085, China.|Brook Byer Institute for Sustainable Systems and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
authors.forename: Jinming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Jiangxi Province for Persistent Pollutants Control and Resources Recycle, Nanchang Hangkong University , Nanchang, Jiangxi 330063, PR China.
authors.forename: Shenglian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Brook Byer Institute for Sustainable Systems and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crittenden
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D007477:Ions / Q000737:chemistry; D008094:Lithium / Q000737:chemistry*; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D062065:Wastewater
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D008094:Lithium; D062065:Wastewater