This invention discloses a process and method for preparing battery-grade
manganese tetroxide using a
manganese sulfate solution, belonging to the field of
new energy battery materials and hydrometallurgical technology. The process uses a
manganese sulfate solution as the manganese source and achieves one-step preparation of battery-grade manganese tetroxide through
raw material preparation and process steps. The raw materials include a manganese
sulfate solution (manganese concentration 40-130 g / L, low
impurity content), a precipitant (10-35 wt%
sodium hydroxide or 5-20 wt%
ammonia), an oxidant (3-15 wt%
hydrogen peroxide, air, or
oxygen), a modifier (0-10 g / L, such as
sodium tartrate, EDTA, etc.), and
ammonium salts (0-30 g / L, such as
ammonium sulfate,
ammonium chloride, etc.). The process steps include: heating the reaction solution to 40-90℃, adjusting the pH to 7-10, continuously adding manganese sulfate solution, precipitant, and oxidant, controlling the pH change within ±0.3, reacting for 10-100 hours, stopping the manganese solution feed, maintaining the pH for 0.5 hours, and aging for 0.5-6 hours. After
filtration, washing (
conductivity ≤100μS / cm), and
drying, the product is obtained.
Wastewater is treated with a manganese precipitant (such as
sodium carbonate) to recover manganese
carbonate, and the solution is concentrated and crystallized to obtain sulfate byproducts. This invention features a short process flow, low cost, high product purity (manganese content ≥70%), controllable particle size, and high
resource utilization, making it suitable for the production of
cathode materials such as
lithium manganese oxide and
lithium manganese
iron phosphate.