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ELECTROREFINING OF INDIUM METAL FROM IMPURE In-Sn ALLOY IN FLUORIDE MOLTEN SALT

  • Published : 20190000
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Abstract

In this study, molten salt electrorefining was used to recover indium metal from In-Sn crude metal sourced from indium tin oxide (ITO) scrap. The electrolyte used was a mixture of eutectic LiF-KF salt and InF3 initiator, melted and operated at 700℃. Voltammetric analysis was performed to optimize InF3 content in the electrolyte, and cyclic voltammetry (CV) was used to determine the redox potentials of In metal and the electrolyte. The optimum initiator concentration was 7 wt% of InF3, at which the diffusion coefficients were saturated. The reduction potential was controlled by applying constant current densities of 5, 10, and 15 mA/cm2 using chronopotentiometry (CP) techniques. In metal from the In-Sn crude melt was deposited on the cathode surface and was collected in an alumina crucible.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by Technology Innovation Program (No. 10063427), Development of eco-friendly smelting technology for the production of rare metal production for lowering manufacturing costs using solid oxide membrane funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry &Energy, also supported by Business for Cooperative R&D between Industry, Academy, and Research Institute funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups(MSS, Korea) in 2017, and partially supported by the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning(KETEP) granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea (No. 20165010100870)