The invention relates to the field of
hydrometallurgy, and particularly discloses a method for efficiently extracting
lithium from a
lithium-containing mother solution under the
catalysis of
carbon dioxide without alkali consumption, which comprises the following steps: S1, introducing
carbon dioxide into the
lithium-containing mother solution to adjust the pH value of the lithium-containing mother solution; s2, mixing a polyfluoro-substituted
diketone extraction agent, a synergistic extraction agent and a
diluent to prepare an extraction agent; s3, mixing the prepared extracting agent with the lithium-containing
mother liquor with the adjusted pH value, and extracting according to a certain
phase ratio to obtain
raffinate and loaded
organic matter; carrying out washing and reverse extraction on the loaded
organic matter to obtain lithium-containing reverse extraction liquid; and S4, preparing battery-grade
lithium sulfate or battery-grade
lithium hydroxide or battery-grade
lithium carbonate. The method adopts
carbon dioxide to adjust pH, does not need to consume a large amount of acid and alkali, can prepare high-purity battery-grade
lithium carbonate or
lithium hydroxide monohydrate and battery-grade
lithium sulfate products by recycling carbon dioxide generated in the extraction process, and has the advantages of easy control, simple operation, short process flow and high lithium
recovery rate of the whole extraction
system. The method has breakthrough significance in the battery
recovery industry.