Method for preparing lithium cobaltate by directly using spent lithium ion batteries

A technology of lithium-ion battery and lithium cobaltate, which is applied in the field of recycling of non-ferrous metal resources and preparation of battery materials, can solve the problems of mechanical entrainment loss of lithium cobaltate, expensive reagents, low recovery rate, etc., and achieve high added value of products and reduce The effect of processing the process and saving labor costs

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-02-10
高龙飞
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Problems solved by technology

The solvent used to dissolve the binder with an organic solvent is expensive, and it is also difficult to separate the electrode material from other materials in the battery
The use of roasting pretreatment to remove organic matter is relatively simple, reducing the separation process and equipment of electrode materials, and obtaining metal-containing roasted products, but roasting will produce severely toxic gases such as hydrogen fluoride, dioxins, and furans, polluting the environment, and A large number of new cobalt-containing phases are produced, such as tricobalt tetroxide, etc., which are difficult to leach and extract, which is not conducive to the recovery of cobalt. It also makes tin-lead solder easy to leach during roasting, which increases the impurity content of subsequent solutions.
[0004] At present, there are different processes and methods in China. There are many types of chemicals used in recycling metals, the process is long, the waste generation is large, and the cost is high.
In addition, due to the difficulty in collecting failed lithium-ion batteries in China, it is difficult to meet the requirements of large-scale centralized processing, and the scale of general processing enterprises is generally small
Due to the special structure of lithium-ion batteries, the main valuable substance - lithium cobalt oxide is closely bonded to the aluminum foil current collector, which is not only difficult to disassemble and break, but also causes serious mechanical entrainment loss of lithium cobalt oxide during screening and magnetic separation. The rate is very low, which is the main reason for the low comprehensive recovery rate of cobalt, copper and lithium in the whole process, and the efficiency of the current general treatment method is also low
Taking the amorphous citrate precipitation method as an example, the comprehensive recovery rate of the valuable metals cobalt, copper, and lithium is only about 50%, and due to many processing procedures, the various reagents used are relatively expensive, and the processing cost is relatively high

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Embodiment 1

[0028] Take 8 failed lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones each weighing about 54g, put them into a 1000ml glass beaker, add 400ml of 5% sodium chloride aqueous solution, soak for 5 hours, and discharge the remaining power. When bubbles come out, take out the battery and rinse it with a small amount of water; use a mechanical crusher at room temperature to crush the failed lithium-ion battery to a size smaller than 3-6mm 2 The crushed material was washed twice with 3g / L dilute sulfuric acid aqueous solution.

[0029] Put the battery scrap into a 5000ml glass beaker, then add water and hydrochloric acid to make 2500ml of an aqueous solution with a hydrochloric acid concentration of 1.8mol / L to form an aqueous solution of a mixture of battery scrap and acid, and put it into a closed pressure reactor; The temperature in the kettle is controlled at 95°C, and sulfur dioxide gas is introduced, the partial pressure is 0.03MPa, stirred and leached for 1.5h, then the aqueous solution...

Embodiment 2

[0033] Take 300g of leftover waste when producing lithium cobalt oxide batteries, the main components are aluminum foil, binder, LiCoO 2 and carbon powder, use a mechanical crusher at room temperature to crush the corner waste to less than 5-10mm 2 scraps.

[0034]Put the scrap into a 5000ml glass beaker, then add water, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid to make 3000ml of mixed acid aqueous solution with hydrochloric acid concentration of 0.8mol / L and nitric acid concentration of 1.0mol / L to form a mixture of battery scrap and acid Put the aqueous solution into a closed pressure reaction kettle; increase the temperature in the kettle, control the temperature in the kettle to 110°C, feed hydrogen gas, the partial pressure is 0.3MPa, stir and leaching for 2h, then cool the aqueous mixture to 75°C, and The pressure in the kettle is reduced to normal pressure, and the aqueous mixture solution is released. After filtering, the battery scrap and the acid mixture aqueous solution ar...

Embodiment 3

[0038] Take 10 failed lithium-ion batteries for mobile phones each weighing about 35g, put them into a 1000ml glass beaker, add 400ml of 5% sodium chloride aqueous solution, soak for 4 hours, and discharge the remaining power. Bubbles come out, take out the battery, rinse with a small amount of water; use a mechanical crusher at room temperature to crush the failed lithium-ion battery to a size smaller than 5-8mm 2 Scraps, washed twice with 3g / L dilute sulfuric acid aqueous solution; then take 50g of scraps from the production of lithium cobalt oxide batteries, mainly containing binder, LiCoO 2 and carbon powder, use a mechanical crusher at room temperature to crush the corner waste to less than 4-6mm 2 scraps; mix the two battery scraps.

[0039] Put the battery scrap into a 5000ml glass beaker, then add water, sulfuric acid and acetic acid to make 3500ml of mixed acid aqueous solution with sulfuric acid concentration of 1.2mol / L and acetic acid concentration of 1.5mol / L to ...

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Abstract

A method for preparing lithium cobaltate by directly using spent lithium ion batteries comprises crushing spent lithium ion batteries or waste leftover materials generated during lithium cobaltate battery production by using a machinery crusher at normal temperature, adding one or more of water, acetic acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, so as to prepare an aqueous solution of a mixture of the battery crushed materials and the acid, putting in an enclosed pressure reaction kettle, controlling the kettle internal temperature to be 50-150 DEG C, introducing or adding one of leaching additives sulfur dioxide and hydrogen, or adding hydrazine hydrate, stirring for leaching, then cooling and filtering, adding one of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and ammonium carbonate precipitating agents into the filtrate, or adding a composite precipitating agent composed of one of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and ammonium carbonate and one of sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide, so as to obtain a mixture of lithium carbonate, cobalt carbonate and cobalt hydroxide, and performing drying and high-temperature roasting, so as to obtain the lithium cobaltate product. The method is especially suitable for the processing scale of middle and small-sized enterprises, and is an effective method for direct material formation of cobalt-containing sources.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for directly preparing lithium cobaltate by using a failed lithium ion battery, and belongs to the technical fields of nonferrous metal resource recycling and battery material preparation. In particular, the treatment method involving lithium cobalt oxide as the positive electrode material of the invalid lithium ion battery and the leftover waste does not go through many pretreatment procedures for separating the positive electrode material, and uses special leaching means to make lithium and cobalt elements enter the solution, and then remove them from the solution. Lithium and cobalt are precipitated in the medium, and lithium cobaltate is prepared by roasting, which provides an unlimited scale method for direct materialization of failed lithium-ion batteries. Background technique [0002] Cobalt is a strategic metal resource that is in short supply in China. It is one of the metals with the highest dependence on for...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M10/54
CPCY02W30/84
Inventor 不公告发明人
Owner 高龙飞
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