Selective electrochemical separation and recovery of lithium and other metals using tailored monolith.

The ELECTROmonoLITH project seeks to develop a new technology for the selective recovery of lithium and other valuable metals (eg cobalt, nickel, copper) from industrial wastewater and brines. The technology is based on the electrochemical extraction of metals using specially designed electrodes to selectively separate metals from wastewater. Wastewater from various industries, geothermal brines are potential sources of critical raw materials for the decarbonization of the economy. For example, in the recycling of Li batteries, the lithium they contain is rejected since there is still no technology capable of extracting it from their waste water efficiently and at low cost.

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