Methods for manufacturing positive electrode active material precursor material and positive electrode active material for secondary lithium battery, and positive electrode active material for secondary lithium battery manufactured thereby

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023106658-A1
Application number	US-202017801634-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 19, 2020
Priority date	Feb 28, 2020
Publication date	Apr 6, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a precursor material of a positive electrode active material from a waste lithium secondary battery, to a method of preparing a lithium secondary battery positive electrode active material including a precursor material prepared by the same precursor preparation method, and to a lithium secondary battery positive electrode active material prepared by the same positive electrode active material preparation method.

First claim

1 . A method of preparing a precursor material of a positive electrode material, the method comprising:
(1) obtaining leachate containing Mn, Ni, and Co by leaching a positive electrode active material of a waste lithium secondary battery; (2) obtaining an Mn salt by performing primary solvent extraction on the leachate with a first phosphoric acid-based material; (3) obtaining a Ni salt by precipitating the raffinate of the primary solvent extraction with an oxime-based material; and (4) obtaining a Co salt by performing secondary solvent extraction on the leachate having undergone the precipitation, with a second phosphoric acid-based material.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material of the waste lithium secondary battery comprises a positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1:
LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2   [Formula 1]
(In Formula 1, 0<x<10, 0<y<10, and 0<z<10, and x+y+z=10).

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first phosphoric acid-based material and the second phosphoric acid-based material each independently comprise one or more compounds selected from compounds represented by Formula 2 or Formula 3.

(In Formula 2, R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a liner or branched C1-C30 alkyl group comprising or not comprising a hetero atom).

(In Formula 3, R 3 and R 4 each independently represent a liner or branched C1-C30 alkyl group comprising or not comprising a hetero atom).

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the first phosphoric acid-based material and the second phosphoric acid-based material each independently comprise one or more selected from di-(2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid and 2-ethylhexyl phosphonic acid mono 2-ethylhexyl ester.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxime-based material comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of dimethylglyoxime, diethylglyoxime, dipropylglyoxime, and ethylmethylglyoxime.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein steps (1) through (3) are performed in an acidic atmosphere.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein step (1) is performed in a pH level of 2 to 4,
step (2) step is performed at a pH level of 4 to 6, and step (3) step is performed at a pH level of 4 to 5.5.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising adding sulfuric acid to the Ni salt obtained in step (3).

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the Mn salt comprises manganese sulfate, the Ni salt comprises nickel sulfate, and the Co salt comprises cobalt sulfate.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the positive electrode active material of the waste lithium secondary battery is obtained by pulverizing the waste lithium secondary battery and then heat treating the pulverized waste lithium secondary battery.

11 . A method of preparing a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, the method producing a positive electrode active material represented by LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2 (where 0≤x≤10, 0≤y≤10, 0≤z≤10, and x+y+z=10) by mixing a lithium salt with a positive electrode active material precursor prepared by the positive active material precursor preparation method of claim 1 .

12 . A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery, the positive electrode active material being prepared by the method of claim 11 .

Assignees

• Dongwoo Fine Chem Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Myung-Jin
• Lee Ji-Hoon
• Choi Bong-Jin

Classifications

• C01G53/50 Primary

  of the type (MnO2)n-, e.g. Li(NixMn1-x)O2 or Li(MyNixMn1-x-y)O2 · CPC title

• H01M4/505

  of mixed oxides or hydroxides containing manganese for inserting or intercalating light metals, e.g. LiMn2O4 or LiMn2OxFy · CPC title

• H01M10/052

  Li-accumulators · CPC title

• Y02W30/84

  Recycling of batteries or fuel cells · CPC title

• C01G51/10

  Sulfates · CPC title