The application provides a method for recovering
platinum group metals from waste automobile exhaust catalysts, and belongs to the field of
precious metal recovery. The method comprises the following steps: crushing and
impurity removal pretreatment of the waste catalyst to obtain
solid residue; mixing the obtained
solid residue with lye and then performing hot-pressing activation to obtain active residue; using an acidic leaching
system of
hydrochloric acid-
hydrogen peroxide-
sodium chloride to leach the active residue to obtain a leaching solution rich in
platinum group metals; adjusting the acidity of the leaching solution and then adding a first adsorption material to selectively adsorb
platinum and
palladium, and separating the supernatant and platinum /
palladium enrichment material; adjusting the acidity of the supernatant and then adding a second adsorption material to selectively adsorb
rhodium, and performing
solid-liquid separation to collect
rhodium enrichment material; and performing
elution and refining on the platinum /
palladium enrichment material and the
rhodium enrichment material respectively to recover platinum, palladium and rhodium. Through the
recovery method of optimized design of alkaline hot-pressing activation-mild acidic directional leaching-two-stage magnetic
adsorption separation, the platinum, palladium and rhodium in the waste automobile exhaust catalysts are efficiently recovered.