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Recent Advances in Separation and Recovery of Metals
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Recent Advances in Separation and Recovery of Metals

A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Separations".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 2152

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Laurent Dupont

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Reims Institute of Molecular Chemistry, The University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims, France
Interests: ionic liquids; liquid–liquid extraction; coordination chemistry; metals; solution chemistry
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Prof. Dr. Aminou Mohamadou

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Reims Institute of Molecular Chemistry, The University of Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims, France
Interests: ionic liquids; liquid–liquid extraction; coordination chemistry

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, the need to develop new methodologies for the recovery of strategic and critical metals from various sources has become a necessity, in order to meet the ever-increasing demand from industry and to cope with the scarcity of primary resources. Environmental requirements call for the implementation of increasingly "green" processes, which has led to a growing interest in the scientific community in the development of new technologies for the recovery of noble and strategic metals.

In this context, the journal Separation, published by MDPI, has decided to devote a Special Issue to "Recent Advances in Separation and Recovery of Metals".

The objective of this Special Issue is to focus on the development of new methodologies for the recovery of critical and strategic metals.

Given your expertise in this field, I invite you to contribute to this Special Issue by submitting an original research paper. Your contribution will enable this Special Issue to make a significant impact on the scientific research community.

Prof. Dr. Laurent Dupont
Prof. Dr. Aminou Mohamadou
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • liquid–liquid extraction
  • metals
  • ionic liquid
  • transition metals
  • heavy metal extraction
  • hydrometallurgy

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Separation of Co(II) and Ni(II) Using an Analog of Glycine-Betaine Based on Task-Specific Ionic Liquids
by Lamia Boulafrouh, Stéphanie Boudesocque, Aminou Mohamadou and Laurent Dupont
Separations 2023, 10(5), 305; https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10050305 - 11 May 2023
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A series of salts based on ethyl ester glycine-betaine derivatives, viz tri(n-pentyl)[2-ethoxy-2-oxoethyl]ammonium bromide, have been synthesized. These cations generate hydrophobic ionic liquids (ILs) with bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (Tf2N−) or dicyanamide (Dca−) anions. These new analogues of glycine-betaine-based [...] Read more.
A series of salts based on ethyl ester glycine-betaine derivatives, viz tri(n-pentyl)[2-ethoxy-2-oxoethyl]ammonium bromide, have been synthesized. These cations generate hydrophobic ionic liquids (ILs) with bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (Tf2N−) or dicyanamide (Dca−) anions. These new analogues of glycine-betaine-based ionic liquids (AGB-ILs) were characterized using spectroscopic methods (IR, 1H, and 13C NMR) and elemental analysis. These AGB-ILs were used for the selective separation of Ni(II) and Co(II) in saline media using pure ILs phase or ILs diluted in organic solvent. Interestingly, extraction of Co(II) and Ni(II) in Dca-based AGB-ILs can be enhanced using salts with chaotropic anions such as NaNO3 (E > 90% for Co(II) and E = 85% for Ni(II)). Tf2N−-based ionic liquids do not extract Ni(II) or Co(II) even in NaCl 4M. Dca−-based ILs lead to a quasi-quantitative extraction of Co(II), while extraction of Ni(II) is limited to a few percent (17%) leading to separation factors higher than 100, ensuring a good separation of both metals. Cobalt could be back-extracted from the ionic liquid phase with water or with an aqueous solution of Na2SO4, which limits the release of the AGB cation in aqueous media, thus preserving its integrity. Results obtained by AGB-ILs diluted in organic solvent were comparable to those obtained with the pure AGB-ILs phase, indicating that this strategy can be deployed on systems working continuously out of equilibrium since the extraction mechanisms involve fast equilibria. Full article
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