The invention discloses a selective
lithium extraction and green regeneration method for a waste
lithium titanate battery. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, pretreating the waste
lithium titanate battery to obtain black
powder containing
lithium titanate; then selectively leaching lithium by adopting a
quaternary ammonium salt /
gluconic acid /
ethylene glycol-based eutectic
solvent to obtain a lithium-rich leaching solution and leaching
slag containing a
titanium compound; the
leachate is circularly used for leaching lithium in the black
powder until the lithium is saturated, a saturated
sodium carbonate solution is added for reaction, washing and
drying are performed after
solid-liquid separation, and battery-grade
lithium carbonate is obtained; the leaching residues are subjected to
impurity removal, washing and
drying, and a
titanium compound is obtained; and finally, preparing the
lithium titanate negative
electrode material by taking the
lithium titanate and battery-grade
lithium carbonate as a precursor. According to the method, a traditional strong acid leaching process is replaced with the environment-friendly green
solvent, the method has the remarkable advantages that the process is simple, the
solvent can be recycled, and secondary
pollution is avoided, efficient selective extraction of lithium in the waste lithium
titanate battery and green short-process regeneration of the lithium titanate negative
electrode material are achieved, and the method has excellent industrial application prospects.