Abstract: The demand for lithium has grown tremendously over the past decades due to the development of Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles, portable electronics, and stationary energy storage. The lithium supply issue mainly lies in the inability of current mining methods to access lithium sources of dilute concentrations and complex chemistry. Electrochemical intercalation is a new platform method for separation. It allows selective Li extraction from complex aqueous systems like unconventional water sources.
In this talk, I will introduce the different roles of major ions (Na+/Mg2+/K+/Ca2+) to compete with Li in co-intercalation. I will also discuss strategies to promote Li intercalation during co-intercalation by materials design.
Bio: Chong Liu graduated from Fudan University with a Chemistry major. She did her Ph.D. at Stanford Materials Science and Engineering. She joined the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago in 2018 as a Neubauer Family Assistant Professor.