The present invention discloses a method for recovering all elements of
nickel-
cobalt-
manganese-
oxide lithium waste, which belongs to the field of waste
lithium battery
recovery and solves the problems of large
reagent consumption, complex process and large amount of
sodium sulfate decahydrate that affects production in existing
recovery methods. The method of the present invention comprises the following steps: mixing and calcining materials with carbon
powder;
slurry carbonization;
pyrolysis;
cyclic acid leaching, utilizing
solubility characteristics, and controlling temperature to crystallize and precipitate different sulfates in steps. The present invention greatly reduces the generation of
sodium sulfate and improves the fluency and continuity of production. Since there is no large amount of
sodium sulfate decahydrate generated, the
crystal water in the
sodium sulfate decahydrate is prevented from taking away
metallic lithium, and
lithium loss is significantly reduced. The method of the present invention has a short process, is simple and easy to operate, does not use organic solvents, and saves production costs; does not use
hydrogen peroxide, and does not have storage problems, safety problems, environmental problems, and equipment problems.