Synthesis of Li-Al-carbonate layered double hydroxide in a metal salt-free system
This work describes a novel method based on a metal salt-free system to synthesize a Li-Al-CO 3 layered double hydroxide (LDH) by simply adding powdered AlLi intermetallic compound (IMC) to a stirred water-bath at ambient temperature and atmosphere. The AlLi powder in the water-bath hydrolyzed stron...
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Published in | Journal of materials chemistry Vol. 2; no. 31; pp. 6524 - 653 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
21.08.2010
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Summary: | This work describes a novel method based on a metal salt-free system to synthesize a Li-Al-CO
3
layered double hydroxide (LDH) by simply adding powdered AlLi intermetallic compound (IMC) to a stirred water-bath at ambient temperature and atmosphere. The AlLi powder in the water-bath hydrolyzed strongly, subsequently forming an alkaline Al
3+
- and Li
+
-containing aqueous solution of pH 12.3. Additionally, dissolution of CO
2
gas from the ambient atmosphere into the stirred alkaline solution produced the anion, CO
3
2−
, in the solution to form Li-Al-CO
3
LDH. Washing in water was unnecessary because metal salts were not used to synthesize the LDH. Notably, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results indicate that nano-sized Al particles were incorporated on the surface of Li-Al-CO
3
LDH flakes. Chemical analysis data suggest that the chemical formula of Li-Al-CO
3
LDH was Li
0.33
Al
0.67
(CO
3
)
0.17
(OH)
2
·
m
H
2
O. This work also investigates the removal of the fluoride ions from an aqueous solution by using Li-Al-CO
3
LDH. Experimentally, residual fluoride concentration decreased to 0.4 ppm with an initial concentration of 20 ppm, which satisfies World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for drinking water quality.
A novel method, based on a metal salt-free system, was explored for producing Li-Al-CO
3
LDH by simply adding powdered AlLi intermetallic compound (AlLi IMC) to a stirred water bath at ambient temperature and atmosphere. |
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ISSN: | 0959-9428 1364-5501 |
DOI: | 10.1039/c0jm00710b |