Abstract:
According to the “double carbon” targets and circular economy, various wastes must be recycled as much as possible. Therefore, manganous ions in the waste effluent from graphene production were extracted with Na
2CO
3 as the precipitation agent by one-step chemical reaction, forming light yellow MnCO
3 powder. Meanwile, its electrochemical lithium storage properties were studied. The results show that the removal rate of manganous ions is 99.9% and the recovery rate of MnCO
3 is 92.6%. The extracted MnCO
3 powders consist of many double spheroids with a particle size of 0.5-1.5 μm, which belong to the hexagonal crystalline. After cycling for 300 cycles at 0.5 A/g and 1.0 A/g, the corresponding reversible capacity is maintained at about 570 mAh/g and 418 mAh/g, respectively. This article provides a new idea for the recovery of graphene industrial wastewater, helping to reduce environmental emissions.