News & Highlights
Momentum licenses MSX technology for lithium ion battery (LIB) materials recovery
Research Highlight
Separation and recovery of cobalt from spent lithium ion batteries (LIBs) with supported Membrane Solvent Extraction (MSX)
In the News
STEM Magazine From Trash to Treasure: Electronic waste is mined for rare earth elements
Research Highlight
Separation and recovery of dysprosium using membrane solvent extraction process (MSX)
News Release
ORNL: From trash to treasure: electronic waste is mined for rare earth elements
Ramesh Bhave at Idaho National Laboratory leads the CMI project "Separation and recovery of Dysprosium & Cobalt from e-waste"
Project Description: Recovery and separation of dysprosium from rare earth elements recovered from scrap magnets, and cobalt from spent lithium ion batteries, will be conducted using a supported membrane solvent extraction (MSX) process. After developing the separation methods, the effect of process conditions, such as type of extractant, type of extractant diluent, feed solution concentration, feed/strip pH, extractant composition, and feed/strip residence time, will be investigated to achieve high purity (>99%), recovery (>95%), and extraction rates for both dysprosium and cobalt recovery. Furthermore, the long-term stability studies of extractants used in MSX processes will also be carried out for process scale-up.
Related information:
CMI Webinars - several CMI webinars have been offered related to recycling and to this project
Earlier work related to this project led to the first CMI license