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Approaching infinite selectivity in membrane-based aqueous lithium extraction via solid-state ion transport.
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- Bio-Inspired and Synergistic Ion Transport: Advancing the Frontiers of Lithium Extraction From Complex Aqueous Sources.ChemPlusChem · 2026Review
- Li-air chemistry inspired electrodialysis for direct lithium carbonate production from seawater.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Interlayer-Tailored Alkyl-MXenes for Selective Electrochemical Lithium-Ion Extraction.ACS energy letters · 2026Article
- 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 · 2025Article
- A rationally designed scalable thin film nanocomposite cation exchange membrane for precise lithium extraction.Nature communications · 2025Article
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Abstract
As the gap between lithium supply and demand continues to widen, the need to develop ion-selective technologies, which can efficiently extract lithium from unconventional water sources, grows increasingly crucial. In this study, we investigated the fundamentals of applying a solid-state electrolyte (SSE), typically used in battery technologies, as a membrane material for aqueous lithium extraction. We find that the anhydrous hopping of lithium ions through the ordered and confined SSE lattice is highly distinct from ion migration through the hydrated free volumes of conventional nanoporous membranes, thus culminating in unique membrane transport properties. Notably, we reveal that the SSE provides unparalleled performance with respect to ion-ion selectivity, consistently demonstrating lithium ion selectivity values that are immeasurable by even the part-per-billion detection limit of mass spectrometry. Such exceptional selectivity is shown to be the result of the characteristic size and charge exclusion mechanisms of solid-state ion transport, which may be leveraged in the design of next-generation membranes for resource recovery.
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