Manufacturing method for battery material

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025038289-A1
Application number	US-202418780158-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 22, 2024
Priority date	Jul 24, 2023
Publication date	Jan 30, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A manufacturing method disclosed herein includes a preparing step at which a lithium ion secondary battery having been electrically charged to be equal to or more than a predetermined reference SOC is prepared, a filling step at which an inside of the lithium ion secondary battery is filled with an aqueous medium, and a collecting step at which the aqueous medium is collected from the inside of the lithium ion secondary battery. By doing this, it is possible to prepare a Li solution in which Li of a negative electrode active material is eluted into the aqueous medium. Then, by collecting this Li solution, it is possible to easily perform collection of a large amount of Li.

First claim

1 . A manufacturing method for a battery material, comprising:
a preparing step at which a lithium ion secondary battery having been electrically charged to be equal to or more than a predetermined reference SOC is prepared; a filling step at which an inside of the lithium ion secondary battery is filled with an aqueous medium; and a collecting step at which the aqueous medium is collected from the inside of the lithium ion secondary battery.

2 . A manufacturing method for the battery material according to claim 1 , wherein
the preparing step comprises:
a measuring step at which a SOC of the lithium ion secondary battery is measured;
a deciding step for deciding whether the measured SOC is equal to or more than the reference SOC or not; and
a electrically charging step at which the lithium ion secondary battery having the measured SOC being less than the reference SOC is electrically charged to be equal to or more than the reference SOC.

3 . The manufacturing method for the battery material according to claim 1 , wherein
the reference SOC is set within a range being equal to or more than 20% and not more than 100%.

4 . The manufacturing method for the battery material according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a roasting step at which the lithium ion secondary battery after the collecting step is heated; a selecting step at which a collection of an electrode body from the inside of the lithium ion secondary battery after the roasting step is performed; and an acid exudation step at which the electrode body is immersed into an acid liquid.

5 . The manufacturing method for the battery material according to claim 1 , wherein
at the filling step, the lithium ion secondary battery filled with the aqueous medium is left for 1 day or more.

6 . The manufacturing method for the battery material according to claim 1 , wherein
the aqueous medium does not contain a metal salt, substantially.

Assignees

• Prime Planet Energy & Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Okuda Koji

Classifications

• Y02W30/84

  Recycling of batteries or fuel cells · CPC title

• C22B3/045

  Leaching using electrochemical processes · CPC title

• C22B21/0023

  from waste materials · CPC title

• C22B26/12

  Obtaining lithium · CPC title

• C22B7/006

  Wet processes · CPC title