Abstract:
A novel inorganic precipitation-peptization method was proposed to synthesize Li2TiO3 in this work.TiOSO4 and CH3COOLi were employed as lithium and titanium sources respectively,and H2O2 was used as complexing agent resulted in titanium-lithium sol system via precipitation-peptization method,and then H2TiO3-lithium adsorbent was obtained by drying,calcining,treating with hydrochloric acid successively. The effects of preparation conditions on the stability of the sol system,the morphology and properties of the xerogel and Li2TiO3 were investigated by FTIR,TG-DSC,XRD,SEM,ICP,Zetasizer Nano and rotary viscosimeter. The research results indicated that a stable sol system with viscosity 7.3 m Pa·s and the Zeta potentials(-29.5m V) could be prepared after aged 24 hours under the conditions of using CH3COOLi as lithium source,the value of pH about 7,Ti4+ concentration 0.2 mol/L. The complex peroxide exist in this system can be proved through analyzing the bonding of the xerogel by infrared spectrum. Better calcining temperature and time of the dry gel was 750 ℃,2 h respectively,and β-Li2TiO3 was obtained under this condition. β-Li2TiO3 was further treated with hydrochloric acid (0.2 mol/L) to obtain H2TiO3-lithium absorbent,and finally the Li+drawn out ratio from β-Li2TiO3 reaches 85.31%,the adsorption capacity comes up to 27.15 mg/g.