The invention discloses a method for preparing a battery-grade
lithium compound. The method comprises the following steps: S1, carrying out
sulfuric acid acidification reaction on a
lithium-containing
raw material or
roasting by adding
sulfate, and carrying out water leaching to obtain leached
slurry; the
lithium-containing
raw material is a lithium mineral or a waste
lithium battery material; s2,
calcium oxide or
calcium hydroxide is added into the leaching
slurry, filtering is performed after full reaction, filtrate A and filter residues A are obtained, the main component of the filtrate A is
lithium hydroxide, and the filtrate A further comprises soluble impurities formed after water leaching; s3, adding a substance for removing
calcium ions into the filtrate A, fully reacting, and filtering to obtain filtrate B and filter residues B; s4, fully contacting the filtrate B with an extracting agent for extraction, and then separating to obtain a loaded organic phase and
raffinate; s5, reversely extracting the loaded organic phase to obtain a lithium solution and a blank organic phase; and S6, further treating the lithium solution to obtain the battery-grade
lithium compound.
Sodium ions are basically not introduced, the
energy consumption is low, the process is simplified, the product quality is high, the production cost is low, the lithium yield is high, and byproducts are convenient to treat.