Due to the burgeoning popularity of electric vehicles, the global demand for lithium is being turbo-charged. Novel, more efficient and environmentally-friendly processes for lithium recovery are thus essential. During the last years, SIM² KU Leuven – SOLVOMET...
SIM² KU Leuven – SOLVOMET researchers developed a new closed-loop metal recovery process for NdFeB-based permanent magnets. Using an oxidative ionic liquid, which can be reused in next cycles, the process allows to recover both the rare-earth metals and cobalt from...
SIM² KU Leuven – SOLVOMET/PROCESS researchers have developed a new method for the measurement of chlorides in ionic liquids using wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence (WDXRF). The method allows rapid measurements and requires minimal sample preparation steps...
Antimony was selectively leached from a lead-rich industrial process residue called ‘dross’, and recovered as an antimony oxide chloride (Sb4O5Cl2), which can be used as a component in flame retardants or as an anode material in aqueous chloride batteries. This work...
As countries strive to meet the Paris climate agreement goals, the demand for energy transition metals (incl. cobalt) is going to be turbo-charged the coming decades. As pointed out recently in the International Energy Agency’s iconic report “The Role of Critical...
SOLVOMET is KU Leuven’s Centre for Solvometallurgy. SOLVOMET’s mission is to support its industrial and RTD partners in the conceptual and practical development of more sustainable solvometallurgical separation processes and new mining chemicals, which are subsequently tested using state-of-the-art lab-scale and mini pilot-scale experimental facilities.
Why does only ferric chloride facilitate efficient lithium extraction with …July 2, 2021
Closed-loop process for Co & REE recovery from NdFeB magnetsJuly 2, 2021
A novel method to determine chloride impurities in liquids using WDXRFJune 16, 2021
Antimony recovery from lead-rich drosses originating from a lead smelterMay 26, 2021
A predictive thermodynamic model for cobalt solvent extraction processesMay 19, 2021