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ReviewAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)2025

Enhancing Membrane Materials for Efficient Li Recycling and Recovery.

Xingpeng Tian, Chunchun Ye, Liyuan Zhang, Manoj K Sugumar, Yan Zhao, Neil B McKeown, Serena Margadonna, Rui Tan

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Review in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Adaptive MgAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2026
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  7. Design strategies for ion-sieving charge mosaic membranes toward sustainable lithium extraction.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Enhancing Membrane Materials for Efficient Li Recycling and Recovery.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xingpeng TianWarwick Electrochemical Engineering, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Chunchun YeEaStChem School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
Liyuan ZhangSchool of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, P. R. China.
Manoj K SugumarWarwick Electrochemical Engineering, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Yan ZhaoSchool of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China.
Neil B McKeownEaStChem School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3FJ, UK.
Serena MargadonnaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, SA1 8EN, UK.
Rui TanWarwick Electrochemical Engineering, WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9278-7327

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid uptake of lithium-centric technology, e.g., electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage, is increasing the demand for efficient technologies for lithium extraction from aqueous sources. Among various lithium-extraction technologies, membrane processes hold great promise due to energy efficiency and flexible operation in a continuous process with potential commercial viability. However, membrane separators face challenges such as the extraction efficiency due to the limited selectivity toward lithium relative to other species. Low selectivity can be ascribed to the uncontrollable selective channels and inefficient exclusion functions. However, recent selectivity enhancements for other membrane applications, such as in gas separation and energy storage, suggest that this may also be possible for lithium extraction. This review article focuses on the innovations in the membrane chemistries based on rational design following separation principles and unveiling the theories behind enhanced selectivity. Furthermore, recent progress in membrane-based lithium extraction technologies is summarized with the emphasis on inorganic, organic, and composite materials. The challenges and opportunities for developing the next generation of selective membranes for lithium recovery are also pointed out.

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lithium extraction and recoverylithium transport mechanismsmembranesseparation

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PMID39676484
PMCPMC11795731

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