IONIC LIQUID COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE REMOVAL OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM FROM LITHIUM-CONTAINING AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230405490A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18211693

    申请日:2023-06-20

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    摘要: A method for selectively removing sodium or potassium from an alkaline lithium-containing aqueous solution, the method comprising: (i) contacting the alkaline lithium-containing aqueous solution with a hydrophobic solution comprising: (a) an aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solvent, (b) a protic ionic liquid of the formula X−Y+, wherein X− is a conjugate base of a superacid and Y+ is a protonated cation, and (c) at least one of lipophilic sodium-selective and potassium-selective complexing ligands, wherein the contacting step results in selective complexation with and removal of sodium and/or potassium ions from the lithium-containing aqueous solution into the hydrophobic solution along with simultaneous abstraction of a proton from Y+ to form Y; and (ii) separating the aqueous solution from the hydrophobic solution, wherein, in some embodiments, X− is a bis(sulfonyl)imide and Y+ is a protic ammonium species. The method may further include stripping sodium and potassium ions from the hydrophobic solution and regenerating Y+.

    LIPOPHILIC GUANIDINIUM COMPOUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF OXYANIONS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20190299124A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-03

    申请号:US16369922

    申请日:2019-03-29

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    IPC分类号: B01D11/04 C07C281/16

    摘要: Methods for removing an oxyanion from an aqueous source containing said oxyanion, comprising contacting said aqueous source with an aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solution containing an oxyanion extractant compound dissolved in an aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solvent to result in formation of an oxyanion salt of said extractant compound and extraction of said oxyanion salt into said aqueous-insoluble hydrophobic solution, wherein said extraction results in an extraction affinity (D) of said oxyanion of at least 1, wherein D is the concentration ratio of said oxyanion in the organic phase divided by the concentration of said oxyanion in the aqueous phase; wherein said extractant compound has the following composition: wherein at least one of R1-R10 is or contains a hydrocarbon (R) group containing at least 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, or 12 carbon atoms.

    DIGLYCOLAMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR SEPARATION AND RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220002229A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17366172

    申请日:2021-07-02

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    摘要: Rare earth extractant compounds having the following structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are independently selected from alkyl groups containing 1-30 carbon atoms and optionally containing an ether or thioether linkage connecting between carbon atoms, provided that the total carbon atoms in R1, R2, R3, and R4 is at least 12; R5 and R6 are independently selected from hydrogen atom and alkyl groups containing 1-3 carbon atoms; and provided that at least one of the conditions (i)-(iv) apply as follows: presence of a distal branched group in at least one of R1-R4 (condition i), asymmetry in R1-R4 (condition ii), presence of amine-containing ring (condition iii), or presence of lactam ring (condition iv). Also described are hydrophobic water-insoluble solutions containing at least one extractant compound of Formula (1), as well as method for extracting rare earth elements from aqueous solution by contacting the aqueous solution with the water-insoluble solution.

    Methods for liquid extraction of rare earth metals using ionic liquids

    公开(公告)号:US10689727B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-23

    申请号:US15135753

    申请日:2016-04-22

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    IPC分类号: C22B3/00 C22B3/28 C22B59/00

    摘要: A method for extracting a rare earth element from a rare earth-containing substance, the method comprising mixing the rare earth-containing substance with a protic ionic liquid, such as: wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen atom and hydrocarbon groups containing 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrocarbon groups containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms; and X− is an anionic species; to produce a composition of the formula (RE)(amide)yXz at least partially dissolved in the protic ionic liquid, wherein RE is at least one rare earth element having an atomic number selected from 39, 57-71, and 90-103; y is 2-6; z is a number that charge balances the total positive charge of RE; and the amide is the conjugate base of the cationic portion of the protic ionic liquid of Formula (1) and has the following formula:

    PHOTOSWITCHABLE GUANIDINIUM COMPOUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF OXYANIONS FROM LIQUID SOLUTIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20230053638A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17875767

    申请日:2022-07-28

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    IPC分类号: C02F1/54 C07D213/53

    摘要: A compound having the following structure: wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 are independently selected from (i) hydrogen atom, (ii) hydrocarbon groups (R) containing 1-30 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms, (iii) —OR′ groups, (iv) —NR′2 groups, (v) —C(O)R′ groups, and (vi) halogen atoms, wherein R′ groups are independently selected from R groups and hydrogen atoms, and wherein the R group optionally includes a C(O), ether, or amino linkage; Xm− is an anionic species with a magnitude of charge m, where m is an integer of at least 1; and n is a number, provided that n×m=1. Also described herein are methods for removing one or more oxyanions from a liquid source by use of the above compound or mono-pyridyl derivative thereof.