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values were found as Al/Li mol ratio: 4.7, pH: 7.2 and 3 hours of mixing time with a 95 % of lithium retention capacity. By the increase in usage of lithium ion battery technology, the research on finding a more efficient anode material was also increased. For this reason lots of different metal oxides (Zr, Ti, Sb, Cs, Rb, Ni, Mg, Na, Al, Co, Fe, V, Sn Mn) were synthesized and investigated [62]–[70]. These metal oxides were also recognized as adsorbents to be employed in lithium separation processes and most of them were studied in terms of their separation efficiency. After it was realized that metal oxides which include manganese give better separation factor among other adsorbents, the research on this subject focused on manganese including adsorbents. The first article about the subject was published by Shen in 1986 [71], where it was investigated the mechanism of lithium insertion/extraction on manganese oxides and found out that the insertion/extraction mechanism of lithium ions towards manganese adsorbent occurs tapotactically which does not disrupt the crystal structure. After that, in another study carried by Ooi et al., the crystal system of the lithium manganese oxide was shown to be spinel, besides it was said that, manganese has +3 and +4 oxidation states in closed cubic packed (ccp) oxygen system [72]. In the continuation study of the same group, lithium addition and extraction mechanism was described in three ways as redox type, specific ion-exchange and non-specific ion exchange. The synthesis conditions determine which type dominates [73]. In another study again by Ooi et al., the researchers showed that, adsorbents synthesized below 500 oC works with redox type and adsorbents synthesized above 500 oC works with ion exchange mechanism. In their conclusion they also stated that, lithium extraction/insertion mechanism mostly happens to be with ion-exchange mechanism. In Figure 1.3, the mechanisms of ion-exchange and redox were shown [74]. 20

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