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A study on the synthesis of lanthanum oxide (La2O3) from NaLa(SO4)2 · H2O by metathesis reaction

  • Journal of the Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology
  • Abbr : J. Korean Cryst. Growth Cryst. Technol.
  • 2018, 28(5), pp.211-216
  • DOI : 10.6111/JKCGCT.2018.28.5.211
  • Publisher : The Korea Association Of Crystal Growth, Inc.
  • Research Area : Engineering > Materials Science and Engineering
  • Published : October 31, 2018

Kim Dae Weon 1 Nak-Kyoon Ahn 2 Hyun-Woo Shim 3 Chan Gi Lee 3 Hee-Lack Choi 4 Hyun Seon Hong 5

1고등기술연구원연구조합
2고등기술연구원 신소재공정센터
3고등기술연구원
4부경대학교
5성신여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The recovery of rare earth elements (REE) including La, Nd and Ce from spent batteries is important issues to reuse scarce resources. Herein, we present a simple recovery process to obtain lanthanum oxide (La2O3) from spent Ni-MH batteries, and demonstrate the conversion mechanism from NaLa(SO4)2 · H2O to La2O3. This strategy requires the initial preparation of NaLa(SO4)2 · H2O and subsequent metathesis reaction with Na2CO3 at 70 o C. This metathesis reaction resulted in the crystalline lanthanum carbonate hydrate (La2(CO3)3 · xH2O) powder with plate-like morphology. On the basis of TGA result, the La2(CO3)3 · xH2O powder was calcined in air at three different temperatures, that is, 300 o C, 500 o C, and 1000 o C. As the calcination temperature increased, the morphology of powder was changed; prism-like (NaLa(SO4)2 · H2O)→platelike (La2(CO3)3 · xH2O)→aggregated irregular shape (La2O3). Futhermore, XRD results indicated that the crystalline La2O3 could be synthesized after the metathesis reaction with Na2CO3, followed by heat-treatment at 1000 o C, along with a change of crystallographic structures; NaLa(SO4)2 · H2O→La2(CO3)3 · xH2O→La2O3.

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