Method of Recycling Lead-Acid Battery Waste into Lead Halide for Resource Utilization and Purification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021218081-A1
Application number	US-202017134596-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 28, 2020
Priority date	Dec 28, 2019
Publication date	Jul 15, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification. The method includes: subjecting a lead paste material from spent lead-acid batteries to halogenation and purification with a chemical wet process to obtain a halide, which can be used to prepare a novel photovoltaic light-emitting device. This method realizes the purpose of recycling and value-added utilization of wastes. The present disclosure provides a method for purifying a halide from a lead paste material of spent lead batteries, which has a simple process, strong operability, low energy consumption, and no production of toxic waste gas and liquid, thus achieving the purpose of energy conservation and emission reduction. Moreover, the halide is used to prepare a novel photovoltaic light-emitting device, which achieves the value-added utilization and changes the traditional lead paste recycling concept.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification, comprising the following steps:
(1) mixing sulfuric acid with water and stirring a resulting solution thoroughly to obtain a sulfuric acid solution; (2) adding a lead paste to the sulfuric acid solution obtained in step (1) and mixing thoroughly to obtain a mixed solution; (3) adding a hydrogen peroxide solution to the mixed solution obtained in step (2) and thoroughly stirring; reacting at room temperature to obtain a slurry, and filtering the slurry to obtain a filtrate and a filter cake; and recovering the filtrate with sulfuric acid; (4) mixing sodium hydroxide and water thoroughly to obtain a sodium hydroxide solution; adding the filter cake obtained in step (3) to the sodium hydroxide solution, and stirring and reacting to obtain a stirred mixture; adjusting pH of the stirred mixture to 10 to 11, and conducting a first conversion reaction; filtering a reaction solution to obtain a filtrate and a first-conversion filter cake; and subjecting the filtrate to evaporation and crystallization to obtain a by-product of sodium sulfate; and (5) thoroughly mixing the first-conversion filter cake obtained in step (4) with an acid solution, and conducting a second conversion reaction; filtering a reaction solution to obtain a filtrate and a second-conversion filter cake; recovering the filtrate to obtain an acid solution; and drying the second-conversion filter cake to obtain lead halide.

2 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the sulfuric acid solution in step (1) has a concentration of 10 g/L to 300 g/L.

3 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the lead paste and the sulfuric acid solution in step (2) have a weight ratio of 1:(1-30).

4 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the sulfuric acid solution in step (2) and the hydrogen peroxide solution in step (3) have a volume ratio of (4-200):1; and the hydrogen peroxide solution in step (3) has a mass percentage concentration of 30%.

5 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the reaction at room temperature in step (3) is conducted for 1 h to 5 h.

6 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the sodium hydroxide solution in step (4) has a concentration of 0.5 mol/L to 1 mol/L.

7 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the filter cake and the sodium hydroxide solution in step (4) have a mass-volume ratio of 80 to 170 (g/L); and the stirring and reacting is conducted for 1 h.

8 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the first conversion reaction in step (4) is conducted for 1 h to 5 h.

9 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the acid solution in step (5) is a hydroiodic acid, hydrobromic acid or hydrochloric acid solution; and the acid solution has a mass percentage concentration of 20% to 60%.

10 . The method of recycling lead-acid battery waste into lead halide for resource utilization and purification according to claim 1 , wherein, the acid solution in step (5) and the lead paste in step (2) have a mass ratio of (2-5):1; and the second conversion reaction is conducted for 1 h to 5 h.

Assignees

• Univ South China Tech

Inventors

• Yan Keyou
• Liu Zidan

Classifications

• H10F71/00

  Manufacture or treatment of devices covered by this subclass (patterning processes to connect thin photovoltaic cells in integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells H10F19/33; manufacture or treatment of encapsulations or containers for integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells H10F19/80; manufacture or treatment of integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one element in which radiation controls the flow of current H10F39/00) · CPC title

• Y02E60/10

  Energy storage using batteries · CPC title

• Y02P70/50

  Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product · CPC title

• Y02E10/549

  Organic PV cells · CPC title

• Y02W30/84

  Recycling of batteries or fuel cells · CPC title