Electrochemical Reduction of La2O3, Nd2O3, and CeO2 in LiCl-Li2O Melt

被引：10

作者：

Shishkin, Alexey, V ^{[1
]}

Shishkin, Vladimir Yu ^{[1
]}

Pankratov, Aleksandr A. ^{[1
]}

Burdina, Anna A. ^{[1
]}

Zaikov, Yuriy P. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Russian Acad Sci, Inst High Temp Electrochem, Ural Branch, Ekaterinburg 620066, Russia

来源：

MATERIALS | 2022年 / 15卷 / 11期

关键词：

rare-earth metals; reduction; electrolysis; bromide method; reduction melting; metallization; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXIDE; URANIUM; DISSOLUTION; METAL; FUEL; UO2;

D O I：

10.3390/ma15113963

中图分类号：

O64 [物理化学（理论化学）、化学物理学];

学科分类号：

070304 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

The reduction of pellets composed of individual CeO2, Nd2O3 and a La2O3-Nd2O3-CeO2 mixture by lithium extracted on a cathode during lithium chloride electrolysis at 650 degrees C was studied. The methods of cyclic voltammetry, electron microscopy, including determination of the elemental composition of the studied objects, and X-ray diffraction analysis were applied for the present study. The reduction degree of rare-earth metal (REM) oxides was determined using both the bromine method and reduction melting of the samples in the graphite crucible. The formation of the metallic phase composed of the rare-earth elements (REEs) was not observed even at the cathode potentials, corresponding to the formation of the liquid alkali metal phase, and lithium extraction, which, in the quantitative ratio, exceeds greatly the values needed for the reduction reaction. CeO2 was found to reduce to Ce2O3.

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