Kinetic analysis of the cathodic reduction processes in molten salt electrolysis

X Men, S Li, Z Lv, J He, J Song - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2024 - Elsevier
Molten salt electrolysis is an economical and green method in metal extraction and refining,
which plays an important role in energy saving and emissions reducing. In recent years, the …

Thermodynamics and kinetics properties of lanthanides (La, Ce, Pr, Nd) on liquid bismuth electrode in LiCl-KCl molten salt

T Yin, Y Liu, D Yang, Y Yan, G Wang… - Journal of The …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrochemical behaviors of lanthanide (ie La, Ce, Pr and Nd) chlorides in LiCl-KCl melt
were demonstrated via cyclic voltammetry (CV) and open circuit potential (OCP) techniques …

Kinetic properties and electrochemical separation of uranium on liquid bismuth electrode in LiCl–KCl melt

T Yin, Y Liu, S Jiang, Y Yan, G Wang… - Journal of The …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrochemical studies of UCl 3 and LnCl 3 (Ln: La, Ce, Pr, Nd) in LiCl–KCl melt were
performed on inert tungsten and reactive bismuth electrodes. Galvanostatic pulse (GP) and …

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 …

Extraction of tellurium and high purity bismuth from processing residue of zinc anode slime by sulfation roasting-leaching-electrodeposition process

J Fan, G Wang, Q Li, H Yang, S Xu, J Zhang, J Chen… - Hydrometallurgy, 2020 - Elsevier
Anode slime and its processing residue contains a variety of valuable elements, which are
the main source of tellurium and bismuth. A systematic study on the extraction of tellurium …

Preparation of high purity indium by chemical purification: Focus on removal of Cd, Pb, Sn and removal mechanism

S Xu, G Wang, J Fan, Z Wang, J Zhang, J Chen… - Hydrometallurgy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, a wet refining process for indium purification was developed aiming at the
problem that the electrolysis refining method is difficult to remove cadmium, lead (Pb), and …

Innovative approach for efficient extraction of Nd from electrorefining waste salt into nuclear waste forms

H Zhang, B Wu, X Du, Y Ding, Y Wang, W Zhuo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Electrorefining of the high-burnup spent nuclear fuels is critical to the close fuel cycle in fast
reactors for the sustainable development of nuclear energy. However, a remaining …

Thermodynamic properties of strontium-bismuth alloys determined by electromotive force measurements

ND Smith, T Lichtenstein, J Gesualdi, K Kumar, H Kim - Electrochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
The thermodynamic properties of Sr-Bi alloys were determined by electromotive force (emf)
measurements to evaluate the viability of liquid bismuth metal as a medium for separating …

Electrochemical deposition of alkaline-earth elements (Sr and Ba) from LiCl-KCl-SrCl2-BaCl2 solution using a liquid bismuth electrode

T Lichtenstein, TP Nigl, ND Smith, H Kim - Electrochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrochemical deposition of Sr and Ba into liquid Bi metal was investigated in LiCl-KCl-
SrCl 2-BaCl 2 electrolytes at 500° C as a means to separate stable alkaline-earth ions from …

Electrochemical extraction of lanthanum in molten fluoride salts assisted by KF or NaF

Y Wang, J Ge, W Zhuo, S Guo, J Zhang - Electrochemistry Communications, 2019 - Elsevier
Separation of some active metal ions such as Ce 3+, Eu 3+, and La 3+ from molten fluoride
salt using electrochemical process is difficult. The currently available electrodeposition …