The invention belongs to the technical field of 
nonferrous metal extraction. The invention provides a method for efficiently extracting 
lithium from 
lithium-rich aluminum 
electrolyte waste residues and preparing 
anhydrous aluminum fluoride. According to the method, HF gas generated by curing and volatilizing concentrated 
sulfuric acid is subjected to dust removal and 
impurity removal and then directly makes contact with an aluminum-loaded organic phase to prepare 
anhydrous AlF3, the purity of the synthesized 
anhydrous AlF3 is high, the prepared anhydrous AlF3 can be returned to the 
aluminum electrolysis process to serve as a cosolvent, and cyclic utilization of aluminum and 
fluorine is achieved. According to the method, the 
lithium resource in the lithium-rich aluminum 
electrolyte waste residues is recycled in the form of Li2CO3, the recycling rate is high, the product purity is high, and high 
economic benefits are achieved. According to the method, 
sodium dimethyl 
dithiocarbamate solution is used as a precipitator to deeply purify and remove 
calcium, 
magnesium and aluminum, the 
impurity element removal effect is thorough, and raw materials are prepared for the step of precipitating lithium in 
sodium carbonate. In the treatment process of the lithium-rich aluminum 
electrolyte waste residues, various components can be efficiently recycled, and new 
pollution is not generated while waste materials are fully recycled.