Innovative lithium recovery technique from seawater by using world-first dialysis with a lithium ionic superconductor

Mining valuable minerals from seawater: a critical review

“…66,67 Further, Hoshino developed a Li permeable membrane as a Li ionic superconductor through which Li passes but not the other cations in seawater. 68 More research needs to be conducted to test this membrane in recovering Li salts from seawater or seawater brine.…”

Fusion: a true challenge for an enormous reward

“…World reserves of Li are sufficient for many thousand years of operation of D-T fusion power plants. Studies are underway to also extract it from seawater [29]. If at a later stage the D-D reaction could be used (requiring, however, even much higher plasma temperatures), we could have at our disposal a virtually unlimited energy source, as reserves of D are sufficient for several million years of energy production.…”

Reversible Cu4O3 Phase Formation in CuO Nanoplate Anodes for High Capacity and High Coulombic Efficiency

“…At 1.0 V, peaks corresponding to Cu 2 O and Li 2 O phases begin to appear, [30] apart from the Cu 4 O 3 peak which shows that conversion reaction has taken place. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 Two more peaks below 33 degree is attributed to the formation of Li 2 O 2 which is typically observed along with Li 2 O in CuO lithiation process [19] and Li 2 CO 3 [31] possibly from the SEI layer of the electrode. Also, the Cu peaks start becoming more intense at 1.0 V (at around a 2q value of 43.6 degrees) and it may be noted that this peak showed negligible intensity even in the bare Cu-foil.…”