Recycling of metals from LiFePO<sub>4</sub> battery cathode material by using ionic liquid based-aqueous biphasic systems
Xiaohua Li, Maia Benstead, Nand Peeters, Koen Binnemans
Abstract
solution. The ionic liquid used in the process was efficiently regenerated and used in four extraction cycles with no activity decline, with an extraction percentage of 90% of iron in each cycle.
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Ionic liquidCathodeAqueous solutionBattery (electricity)Materials scienceChemical engineeringInorganic chemistryChemistryOrganic chemistryPhysical chemistryCatalysisPhysicsQuantum mechanicsPower (physics)EngineeringExtraction and Separation ProcessesChemical and Physical Properties in Aqueous SolutionsIonic liquids properties and applications