Since "carbon peaking and carbon neutralization" promise in the "Government Work Report" in 2021, the Chinese government has been making efforts to achieve carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutralization by 2060. Guided by the goal of "carbon peaking and carbon neutralization", the development of new energy is very promising.

Tributyl phosphate has been widely used in extracting lithium from low lithium-containing aqueous solutions such as seawater and salt lake brine. Its extraction ability and selectivity for lithium outperform those of alcohols, and it can substitute amides.