Abstract: Silicic and aluminum sources as raw materials of zeolite are mixed with carbon aerogel. The mixture is subjected to hydrothermal reaction for synthesis of zeolite, while an aqueous solution, which contains sodium hydroxide and tetrapropylammonium bromide, is being dropped to the mixture. After completion of the hydrothermal reaction, the zeolite-supporting aerogel is washed, dried and then heat-treated for oxidative extrusion of the carbon aerogel. Since the carbon aerogel is used as a template, the synthesized zeolite has the morphology that traces of spheroidal particles of the carbon aerogel remain as mesopores.

Abstract: Silicic and aluminum sources as raw materials of zeolite are mixed with carbon aerogel. The mixture is subjected to hydrothermal reaction for synthesis of zeolite, while an aqueous solution, which contains sodium hydroxide and tetrapropylammonium bromide, is being dropped to the mixture. After completion of the hydrothermal reaction, the zeolite-supporting aerogel is washed, dried and then heat-treated for oxidative extrusion of the carbon aerogel. Since the carbon aerogel is used as a template, the synthesized zeolite has the morphology that traces of spheroidal particles of the carbon aerogel remain as mesopores.

Abstract: A novel and efficient electrochemical method is disclosed for the recovery of lithium value from an aqueous solution containing lithium ions in a relatively low concentration together with ions of various kinds of other metallic impurity elements. The method comprises electrochemical selective adsorption of lithium ions from the aqueous solution on to a specific working electrode by applying a DC voltage of a relatively low DC voltage of 0.1-0.4 volt versus a saturated calomel electrode to the working electrode as the cathode opposed to a counterelectrode as the anode and then desorption of the lithium ions therefrom by applying a DC voltage of 0.7-1.2 volts versus a saturated calomel electrode to the lithium-bearing working electrode as the anode opposed to a counterelectrode as the cathode in an aqueous desorption medium containing an electrolyte such as a lithium salt.