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Determination of lithium ions by stripping voltammetry using single-crystal LiFePO4
Hu Fu1, Wenhua Xu2, Zhongwei Zhao3
1School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, China.
Abstract:
Determination of lithium ions is very important for extraction of lithium from salt lakes. Electrochemical sensor is an ideal choice, but it is not available so far. Here, a voltammetric sensor based on lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) was developed. Single-crystal LiFePO4 dominated by the (010) lattice plane was synthesized using hydrothermal method; it had good selectivity for lithium ions. Lithium ions were preferentially intercalated into LiFePO4 even if molar ratio of sodium ions, potassium ions, magnesium ions or calcium ions to lithium ions reached 10:1. The intercalation and deintercalation of interfering ions should be avoided because this reduced the selectivity of LiFePO4 for lithium ions. Lithium ion concentration of synthetic Uyuni Salt Lake solution was determined using the standard addition method. The measurement result was only 0.34 % higher than the theoretical value. The sensor provides a highly selective lithium ion analysis method at an extremely low cost, which was very promising to be widely used.
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