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ArticleACS ES&T water2026

Cellulose Fiber Crystallizer for Continuous Evaporative Lithium Enrichment from Low-Quality Brines.

Meiqi Yang, Fernando Temprano-Coleto, Hongxu Chen, Sunxiang Zheng, Christopher Li, Kaijie Yang, Aashish Khandelwal, Howard A Stone, Zhiyong Jason Ren

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Meiqi YangDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0913-6804
Fernando Temprano-ColetoAndlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2179-3148
Hongxu ChenDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2965-4783
Sunxiang ZhengDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8932-3102
Christopher LiDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.
Kaijie YangDepartment of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China.
Aashish KhandelwalDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.
Howard A StoneDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9670-0639
Zhiyong Jason RenDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7606-0331

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Abstract

Lithium is a critical mineral with a rapidly expanding global market. Nontraditional sources such as oilfield brines have emerged as promising yet underutilized sources of lithium. However, existing extraction techniques, including evaporation ponds and direct lithium extraction methods, face substantial limitations when applied to these dilute resources, including prolonged processing times, high energy and freshwater requirements, and low selectivity between lithium and competing monovalent ions, making lithium recovery from low-concentration brines inefficient and economically unattractive. In this study, we present a continuous and passive lithium extraction approach utilizing a fiber crystallizer driven by a capillary siphon process. With a simplified monovalent Marcellus-type brine, the system achieved 596-fold lithium enrichment and a maximum Li

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cellulose fiber crystallizercrystallizationevaporationLithium extractionlow quality brineoilfield brineselectivity

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PMID42872157
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