Congratulations to Prof Wang Rong on Competitive Funding for Water Research (CWR) Funding initiative

Nano-enabled Adsorptive Membrane Scaffolds as Harvesting Devices for Precious
Lithium Metal Recovery

Prof. Goto Atsushi (CCEB)

Prof. Zhao Yanli (CCEB)

Dr. Goh Kunli (SMTC/NEWRI)

The project aims to develop high-performance covalent organic frameworks (COFs) as nanoadsorbents for enabling low-concentration lithium metal recovery from seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) brine. The COF nanoadsorbents will be amalgamated with electrospun nanofibrous membrane scaffolds to fabricate an adsorptive harvesting device.

A system process, integrating the adsorptive harvesting device, will be designed and put in place to see through the entire course of lithium recovery from capture right to the conversion of battery-grade lithium carbonate. Successful outcome from this project will help Singapore’s desalination industry turn SWRO brine into an asset.