Recovery and separation of rare earth elements by molten salt electrolysis

T Yin, Y Xue, Y Yan, Z Ma, F Ma, M Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
With the increasing demand of rare earth metals in functional materials, recovery of rare
earth elements (REEs) from secondary resources has become important for the green …

Progress in preparation of rare earth metals and alloys by electrodeposition in molten salts

W Han, M Li, ML Zhang, YD Yan - Rare Metals, 2016 - Springer
Rare earth (RE) metals and their alloys have attracted considerable practical interests due to
their functional properties. Because of their negative deposition potentials, RE metals cannot …

Selective extraction of Sm from LiCl-KCl molten salt into wasteforms via liquid bismuth

H Zhang, Q Du, X Du, Z Xu, S Guo, W Zhou - Separation and Purification …, 2023 - Elsevier
The electrorefining of spent nuclear fuels in a molten LiCl-KCl salt electrolyte recovers the
valuable actinides but also releases radioactive fission products in the salt. To minimize the …

Electrochemical extraction of samarium from LiCl-KCl melt by forming Sm-Zn alloys

YL Liu, LY Yuan, GA Ye, ML Zhang, H He, HB Tang… - Electrochimica …, 2014 - Elsevier
The co-reduction of Sm (III) and Zn (II) ions on the Mo electrode and the under potential
deposition of Sm (III) ions on the liquid Zn electrode were investigated in LiCl-KCl molten …

Evaluation of noble metals as reactive electrodes for separation of lanthanides from molten LiF-BeF 2

Y Zuo, CF She, F Jiang, W Huang, Y Gong - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Thermodynamic evaluation for the employment of Au/Pt/Ag noble metals as reactive
electrodes for the reduction and extraction of lanthanides (Ln) from LiF-BeF2 melt is …

Electrochemical formation of Sc-Al intermetallic compounds in the eutectic LiCl-KCl. Determination of thermodynamic properties.

Y Castrillejo, A Vega, M Vega, P Hernández… - Electrochimica …, 2014 - Elsevier
The electrochemical formation of Sc-Al alloys was investigated in the eutectic LiCl-KCl by
cyclic voltammetry and open circuit chronopotentiometry. On reactive Al electrode the …

AlCl3-aided extraction of praseodymium from Pr6O11 in LiCl–KCl eutectic melts

H Tang, YD Yan, ML Zhang, X Li, Y Huang, YL Xu… - Electrochimica …, 2013 - Elsevier
Gibbs energy showed that AlCl3 can chloridize Pr6O11 and release Pr (III) ions in the LiCl–
KCl–Pr6O11–AlCl3 melts. The co-reduction process of Al (III), Pr (III) and Li (I) ions was …

Electrochemical extraction of Pr on reactive Ga, Ga–Pb and Pb electrodes in molten NaCl–2CsCl eutectic

H Zhang, Q Liu, A Novoselova, V Smolenski… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The electrochemical behavior of Pr (III) ions in molten NaCl–2CsCl solutions was
investigated via different electrochemical techniques on Mo inert and Ga, Ga–Pb and Pb …

Electrochemical formation of divalent samarium cation and its characteristics in LiCl–KCl melt

SE Bae, TS Jung, YH Cho, JY Kim, K Kwak… - Inorganic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The electrochemical reduction of trivalent samarium in a LiCl–KCl eutectic melt produced
highly stable divalent samarium, whose electrochemical properties and electronic structure …

Electrochemical separation of fission element samarium on lead electrodes from KCl–LiCl molten salts and the kinetic research of the process

Z Wang, Y Shen, Y Zhang, Y Liu, Z Dong… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2023 - Springer
In order to improve the utilization of spent fuel, electrolysis is used to recover fissile elements
from nuclear waste samarium. The electrochemical behaviors of Sm (III) and Pb (II) were …