Method for anaerobically cracking power battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11591525-B2
Application number	US-202016922176-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 7, 2020
Priority date	Jun 9, 2020
Publication date	Feb 28, 2023
Grant date	Feb 28, 2023

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for anaerobically cracking a power battery, which includes the following steps: disassembling a waste power battery to obtain a battery cell; taking out a diaphragm from the battery cell for later use, and pyrolyzing the battery cell to obtain electrode powder; extracting nickel, cobalt and manganese elements from the electrode powder with an extraction buffer, filtering, taking the filtrate, then adjusting the filtrate with a nickel solution, a cobalt solution and a manganese solution to obtain a solution A, adding the solution A dropwise into ammonium hydroxide under stirring, and then adding an alkali solution under stirring to obtain a solution B; subjecting the solution B to a hydrothermal reaction, filtering, and roasting to obtain a catalyst, such that a chemical formula of the catalyst is Ni2+1-x-yCo2+xMn2+yO, where 0.25≤x<0.45, 0.25≤y<0.45.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for anaerobically cracking a power battery, comprising:
(1) disassembling a waste power battery in sequence to obtain a battery cell and a metal shell, respectively;
(2) taking out a diaphragm from the battery cell, cleaning the diaphragm for later use, and pyrolyzing the battery cell to obtain electrode powder;
(3) extracting nickel, cobalt and manganese elements from the electrode powder with an extraction buffer, filtering, taking the filtrate, then adjusting the filtrate with a nickel solution, a cobalt solution and a manganese solution to obtain a solution A, adding the solution A dropwise into ammonium hydroxide under stirring, and then adding an alkali solution under stirring to obtain a solution B;
(4) subjecting the solution B to a hydrothermal reaction, filtering, baking and roasting to obtain a catalyst;
(5) soaking the diaphragm in the step (2) with a solvent, subjecting to vacuum treatment, crushing and grinding to obtain powder; and
(6) mixing and reacting the powder with the catalyst in the step (4) to obtain C1-C4 and C5-C10 micromolecular organic substances;

wherein a chemical formula of the catalyst of step (4) is Ni 2+ 1-x-y Co 2+ x Mn 2+ y O, where 0.25≤x<0.45, 0.25≤y<0.45.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pyrolyzing in the step (2) is conducted at a temperature of 400° C.-600° C. for 2-8 h in a vacuum environment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the extraction buffer in the step (3) is one of a mixed solution of nitric acid and an oxidant, or hydrochloric acid; and the oxidant is at least one of hydrogen peroxide, potassium peroxide, sodium hypochlorite or potassium hypochlorite.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nickel solution, the cobalt solution and the manganese solution in the step (3) are at least one of nitrate, hydrochloride or sulfate of nickel, cobalt and manganese.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of nickel, cobalt and manganese in the solution A in the step (3) is 1:(0.5-3):(0.5-3).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hydrothermal reaction in the step (4) is conducted at a temperature of 100° C.-150° C. for 2-6 hours.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the roasting in the step (4) is conducted at a temperature of 450° C.-500° C. under an atmosphere of nitrogen for 1-2 hours.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the solvent in the step (5) is amyl acetate.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the vacuum treatment in the step (5) is conducted at a temperature of 80° C.-120° C. for 30-120 min.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reaction in the step (6) is conducted at a temperature of 400° C.-700° C. for 4-8 h.

Assignees

• Guangdong Brunp Recycling Technology Co Ltd
• Hunan Brunp Recycling Tech Co Ltd
• Hunan Brunp Ev Recycling Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Haijun
• Peng Ting
• Xie Yinghao
• Zhang Xuemei

Classifications

• B29B2017/0484

  Grinding tools, roller mills or disc mills · CPC title

• C22B47/00

  Obtaining manganese · CPC title

• B29B2017/0468

  Crushing, i.e. disintegrating into small particles · CPC title

• C22B23/04

  by wet processes (recovery or separation of nickel or cobalt using organic agents C22B3/00) · CPC title

• C22B7/006

  Wet processes · CPC title