The invention relates to a
crown ether-loaded
solid bubble
lithium adsorbent as well as a preparation method and application thereof, belongs to the technical field of
lithium adsorption, and solves the problems of low adsorption rate, low adsorption capacity, poor
ion selective adsorbability, complex synthesis process, difficulty in separation and
recovery, poor regeneration capacity and
water environment pollution during
lithium extraction of an existing
crown ether material. The method comprises the following steps: activating
solid bubbles by adopting an alkaline solution; modifying the activated
solid bubbles by using a
coupling agent; and reacting a
crown ether monomer with a lithium salt in a
solvent, adding the modified solid bubbles, a catalyst, a cross-linking agent and an initiator, continuously reacting, carrying out solid-liquid separation, washing,
drying and eluting. The method is simple and environment-friendly, the stably immobilized crown
ether is introduced to the surface of the solid bubble through chemical
grafting, and the lithium adsorption performance of the crown
ether is improved; the solid bubbles with
low density and high stability can endow the adsorbent with the self-floating characteristic, the regeneration performance of crown
ether is remarkably improved, and
pollution to the
water environment is reduced.