Recovery of cobalt from the LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 cathode of waste lithium-ion batteries
GAO Rui, WANG Jifen, Research Center of Resource Recycling Science and Engineering, School of Science, College of Art and Science, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China
Abstract:With the rapid development of new energy automobile industry, the amount of waste ternary lithium batteries is continuously increasing. These batteries contained abundant resource of Co, Mn, Li and Ni. Therefore, recycling the ternary lithium battery is a good choice to prevent environmental pollution and recover precious metals. In this study, based on the acidic and reduction properties, ascorbic acid were used to leach the cathode materials of waste ternary lithium batteries. Then KMnO4 was used as oxidant to recovery the Co element in leaching solution and prepare β-CoC2O4·H2O. Cathode materials were leached with 1.3 mol·L?1 ascorbic acid at 60 ℃ for 20 min, then 1 mol·L?1 H2SO4 was added into the leaching solution and stir for 20 min. At last, KMnO4 was added and continued to react for 1 h for β-CoC2O4·H2O preparation. The results showed that the Co recovery rate reached 91%, and the leaching rates of Mn, Ni and Li were 100%, 100% and 96.4%, respectively. Therefore, simple, environmentally and friendly leaching of valuable metals and recovery of Co element could be realized. Key words:waste ternary lithium batteries/ cathode materials/ leaching/ C6H8O6/ β-CoC2O4·2H2O.
图1三元锂电池正极材料的XRD图谱 Figure1.XRD pattern of cathode materials in waste ternary lithium batteries
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Research Center of Resource Recycling Science and Engineering, School of Science, College of Art and Science, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China Received Date: 2019-04-18 Accepted Date: 2019-09-07 Available Online: 2020-03-02 Keywords:waste ternary lithium batteries/ cathode materials/ leaching/ C6H8O6/ β-CoC2O4·2H2O Abstract:With the rapid development of new energy automobile industry, the amount of waste ternary lithium batteries is continuously increasing. These batteries contained abundant resource of Co, Mn, Li and Ni. Therefore, recycling the ternary lithium battery is a good choice to prevent environmental pollution and recover precious metals. In this study, based on the acidic and reduction properties, ascorbic acid were used to leach the cathode materials of waste ternary lithium batteries. Then KMnO4 was used as oxidant to recovery the Co element in leaching solution and prepare β-CoC2O4·H2O. Cathode materials were leached with 1.3 mol·L?1 ascorbic acid at 60 ℃ for 20 min, then 1 mol·L?1 H2SO4 was added into the leaching solution and stir for 20 min. At last, KMnO4 was added and continued to react for 1 h for β-CoC2O4·H2O preparation. The results showed that the Co recovery rate reached 91%, and the leaching rates of Mn, Ni and Li were 100%, 100% and 96.4%, respectively. Therefore, simple, environmentally and friendly leaching of valuable metals and recovery of Co element could be realized.