Abstract
Critical processing protocols of industrial bimetallic composite ionic liquid (IL) are necessary to assure good mass transfer rates for process optimization and efficient metal recovery. Here, the effects of different conditions on the electrochemical behavior and copper recovery from the industrial bimetallic composite IL are crucial for effective resource utilization. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) shows that the reduction of Cu(I) to Cu(0) during the cathodic reduction region is the irreversible diffusion-controlled process, and the diffusion coefficient increased with temperature which indicated that increasing temperature could promote the diffusion and mass transfer. During electrodeposition, metallic copper is obtained exclusively on the cathode, while CuCl2 accumulates exclusively on the anode. Scanning electron microscopy shows that the micron-size electrodeposits become larger and significantly rougher with increasing temperature and ultrasonic frequency, illustrating that these factors hasten the nucleation and crystallization rates at high overpotentials. The efficiency of copper recovery is greatly improved by employing high temperature and ultrasonic cavitation, and the highest values correspond to r = 76.9% at 80 °C and r = 63.6% at 40 kHz. The study lays the foundation for efficient and rapid recovery of copper from spent ILs.
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