Recovery method of valuable metal in positive electrode sheet of lithium battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025007025-A1
Application number	US-202218711231-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 30, 2022
Priority date	Nov 26, 2021
Publication date	Jan 2, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for recycling valuable metal in a lithium battery positive plate is provided, comprising the following steps: S1, mixing a positive plate material with reducing metal, and then roasting, the roasting being carried out in a protective atmosphere; S2, performing magnetic separation on the material obtained in step S1 to obtain a magnetic component and a non-magnetic component; S3, performing acid dissolution on the magnetic component, concentrating the obtained leaching solution, and then performing cooling crystallization to obtain a metal salt A; and S4, performing water soaking on the non-magnetic component to obtain sediment and water soaking liquid, adding carbonate into the water soaking liquid to obtain lithium carbonate, performing acid dissolution on the sediment, purifying, and performing evaporative crystallization to obtain a dissolved solution to obtain a metal salt B.

First claim

1 . A method for recovering valuable metal in positive electrode sheet of a lithium battery, comprising steps of:
S1, mixing a material of the positive electrode sheet with a reducing metal to obtain a mixture, and calcinating the mixture, wherein the calcinating is carried out under a protective atmosphere; S2, performing magnetic separation on a material obtained in step S1 to obtain a magnetic component and a non-magnetic component; S3, dissolving the magnetic component in an acid, concentrating an obtained leachate, and performing crystallization to obtain a metal salt A; and S4, leaching the non-magnetic component with water to obtain a sediment and a leachate obtained by water leaching; adding a carbonate into the leachate obtained by water leaching to obtain lithium carbonate; and dissolving the sediment in an acid, purifying, and then performing crystallization to obtain a metal salt B from an obtained solution after the dissolving.

2 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S1, the material of the positive electrode sheet comprises at least one of lithium nickel-cobalt manganate, lithium nickelate, lithium cobaltate, lithium manganate and lithium nickel-cobalt aluminate.

3 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S1, the reducing metal comprises at least one of magnesium and aluminum; and a mass ratio of the reducing metal to the material of the positive electrode sheet is 0.4˜1.2:1.

4 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S1, a temperature of the calcinating is 300˜600° C.; preferably, a duration of the calcinating is 2˜5 h.

5 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S2, a magnetic field strength of the magnetic separation is 10˜30 T.

6 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein step S3, before dissolving in the acid, further involves slurrying the magnetic component by mixing it with water; preferably, in step S3, with regard to dissolving in the acid, a molar ratio of hydrogen ions in the acid to the magnetic component is 2.2˜3:1; preferably, pH of the leachate is 4˜6.

7 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S3, after the concentrating, a total concentration of the metal in the leachate is 120˜220 g/L; preferably, in step S3, the crystallization is at least one of cooling crystallization and evaporative crystallization.

8 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S4, with regard to leaching with water, a ratio of the non-magnetic component to water is 1 g:3˜5 mL; preferably, pH for leaching with water is 6.0˜8.0.

9 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein in step S4, with regard to dissolving in the acid, pH is 1.0˜1.5; preferably, in step S4, a temperature of the dissolving in the acid is 60˜80° C.; preferably, in step S4, a duration of the dissolving in the acid is 2˜4 h.

10 . The recovery method according to claim 1 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

11 . The recovery method according to claim 2 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

12 . The recovery method according to claim 3 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

13 . The recovery method according to claim 4 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

14 . The recovery method according to claim 5 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

15 . The recovery method according to claim 6 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

16 . The recovery method according to claim 7 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

17 . The recovery method according to claim 8 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

18 . The recovery method according to claim 9 , wherein the recovery method further comprises preparing a precursor of a positive electrode material by using the metal salt A and the metal salt B.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Ouyang Shibao
• Li Changdong
• Chen Ruokui
• Fu xiongcong
• Ruan Dingshan
• Cai Yong

Classifications

• C25C3/125

  based on carbon · CPC title

• C25C3/06

  of aluminium · CPC title

• C22B7/007

  by acid leaching · CPC title

• C22B3/44

  by chemical processes (treatment or purification of solutions by liquid-liquid extraction C22B3/26, by ion-exchange extraction C22B3/42) · CPC title

• C22B3/22

  by physical processes, e.g. by filtration, by magnetic means {, or by thermal decomposition} (treatment or purification of solutions by liquid-liquid extraction C22B3/26) · CPC title