Application of Ionic Liquids on Rare Earth Green Separation and Utilization

260 Pages·2015·11.999 MB·English

by  Ji Chen (ed.)

Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology
Ji Chen Editor
Application of
Ionic Liquids on
Rare Earth Green
Separation and
Utilization
Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology
Series editors
Prof. Liang-Nian He
StateKeyLaboratoryofElemento-OrganicChemistry,NankaiUniversity,Tianjin,
China
Prof. Robin D. Rogers
Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Prof. Dangsheng Su
ShenyangNationalLaboratoryforMaterialsScience,InstituteofMetalResearch,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
and
Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck
Society, Berlin, Germany
Prof. Pietro Tundo
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, Ca’ Foscari
University of Venice, Venice, Italy
Prof. Z. Conrad Zhang
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian,
China
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Ji Chen
Editor
Application of Ionic Liquids
on Rare Earth Green
Separation and Utilization
Editor
JiChen
StateKeyLaboratoryofRareEarthResourcesUtilization
ChangchunInstituteofAppliedChemistry
ChineseAcademyofSciences
Changchun,China
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Preface
Recently,withtherapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,rareearthplaysa
vital role both in economy and society, which is largely relying on their unique
electronic structure and physicochemical properties. As functional materials, rare
earthcompoundsarewidelyusedinelectric,magnetic,optical,andcatalyticfields.
Theworld’sattentionaboutrareearthseparationandrecoveryfrombothrareearth
ores and secondary resources dramatically increased in recent years. However,
there are some serious environmental considerations in rare earth separation pro-
cedure such as mining, refining, and recycling in the current industry. The envi-
ronmentalchallengeofrareearthseparationrestrictedthedevelopmentofrareearth
industry. For example, the strictest new regulation about “Emission Standards of
RareEarthIndustrialPollutants”isissuedbytheMinistryofEnvironmentProtec-
tion (MEP) of China in 2011. People have to recheck the traditional industrial
separationprocesses and look for the new substitutions of traditional diluents and
extractants.Moreover,theseparationoftransplutoniumactinidesandrareearthin
fissionproductsisstilloneofthemostchallengingaspectsofadvancednuclearfuel
partitioningschemes.
Facingsuchagrimsituation,traditionalmethodsshowsomeinherentdisadvan-
tagesandionicliquidsas“greensolvents”displayuniqueproperties.Ionicliquids
have a great potential to provide novel intensified separation and purification
technologies,whichwillmakesignificantcontributionstoestablishthesustainable
processesinthefuture processing industry.Inthelast 10years,themutualdevel-
opment of ionic liquids and rare earth is attracting more and more attention from
bothacademicandindustrialcommunities.
Theobjectiveinpreparingthisbookistoprovide acomplete understandingof
thebackgroundandutilizationofionicliquidsinrareearthfield–fromintroduction
(PartI)andchemistryofionicliquidswithrareearth(PartII)toionicliquidsforthe
extractionandseparationofrareearth(PartIII)andelectrodepositionofrareearth
metalinionicliquids(PartIV)andfurthertotheutilizationofionicliquidsonrare
earth materials (Part V). The order of 9 chapters reflects a logical journey from
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basic knowledge to application. And this book gives a systematical review in the
applicationofionicliquidsonrareearthgreenseparationandutilization.
This book was prepared by a team of scientists who have made remarkable
achievementsininnovativeresearchofbothrareearthandionicliquids.Iamfirmly
convincedthatthisbookwillopenthehorizonandprovideanexcellentplatformfor
futurecollaborationsinthisnewrealm.
We hope this book will be useful to wider professionals working with ionic
liquids, rare earth separation, and production of the rare earth materials including
chemists and metallurgists in rare earth industry, research agencies, government,
anduniversitiesincludinggraduatestudents.
Finally, I want to show my sincere thanks to the colleagues who have partici-
pated in the writing of this book, especially Professor Robin D. Rogers who gave
generous recommendation and important contribution to this book. Without the
greateffortofeachauthor,thereisnosuccessfulaccomplishmentofthisbook.
Changchun,China J.Chen
Contents
PartI Introduction
1 IonicLiquidsintheContextofRareEarthSeparation
andUtilization. . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . 3
JiChenandJianglingGao
PartII ChemistryofIonicLiquidswithRareEarth
2 UsingCrystalStructuresofIonicCompoundstoExplore
ComplexationandExtractionofRareEarthElements
inIonicLiquids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
StevenP.Kelley,J.SethNuss,andRobinD.Rogers
PartIII IonicLiquidsfortheExtractionandSeparationofRareEarth
3 SeparatingRare-EarthElementswithIonicLiquids. . . . . . . . . . . 45
NadaMehio,HuiminLuo,Chi-LinhDo-Thanh,XiaoqiSun,
YinglinShen,JasonR.Bell,andShengDai
4 IonicLiquid-BasedExtractionandtheApplication
toLiquidMembraneSeparationofRareEarthMetals. . . . . . . . . 73
FukikoKubota,JianYang,andMasahiroGoto
5 ApplicationofIonicLiquidExtractantsonRareEarthGreen
Separation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
HualingYang,JiChen,HongminCui,WeiWang,
LiChen,andYuLiu
PartIV ElectrodepositionofRareEarthMetalinIonicLiquids
6 ElectrodepositionofRareEarthMetalinIonicLiquids. . . . . . . . 117
MasahikoMatsumiya
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PartV UtilizationofIonicLiquidsonRareEarthMaterials
7 IonicLiquidsandRareEarthSoftLuminescentMaterials. . . . . . 157
HuanrongLi,YigeWang,TianrenWang,andZhiqiangLi
8 PhotofunctionalRareEarthMaterialsBasedonIonicLiquids. . . 179
BingYan
9 IonicLiquid-AssistedHydrothermalSynthesisofRareEarth
LuminescenceMaterials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
YanhuaSong,YuefengDeng,JiChen,andHaifengZou
Contributors
JasonR.Bell EnergyandTransportationSciencesDivision,OakRidgeNational
Laboratory,OakRidge,TN,USA
Ji Chen State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization, Changchun
InstituteofAppliedChemistry,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Changchun,China
Li Chen State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization, Changchun
InstituteofAppliedChemistry,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Changchun,China
Hongmin Cui State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization,
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Changchun,China
Sheng Dai Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
TN,USA
ChemicalSciencesDivision,OakRidgeNationalLaboratory,OakRidge,TN,USA
Yuefeng Deng State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization,
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Changchun,China
Chi-Linh Do-Thanh Department of Chemistry, The University of Tennessee,
Knoxville,TN,USA
Jiangling Gao State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resources Utilization,
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Changchun,China
Masahiro Goto Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of
Engineering,KyushuUniversity,Fukuoka,Japan
CenterforFutureChemistry,KyushuUniversity,Fukuoka,Japan
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