Uranium and lithium extraction from seawater: challenges and opportunities for a sustainable energy future

• Main Authors: Lim, Yu Jie, Goh, Kunli, Goto, Atsushi, Zhao, Yanli, Wang, Rong
• Other Authors: School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Engineering; Resource recovery; Desalination; Brine; Nanomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174066
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Amid the global call for decarbonization efforts, uranium and lithium are two important metal resources critical for securing a sustainable energy future. Extraction of uranium and lithium from seawater has gained broad interest in recent years due to the thousand-fold higher quantity available as c...