Method for comprehensively separating and recycling materials in retired batteries

A technology for separation and recycling of batteries, applied in battery recycling, recycling technology, recycling by waste collectors, etc., can solve problems such as human health hazards, poisonous lithium bromide solution, failure to separate positive electrode materials from positive electrode current collectors, etc., to reduce pollution and energy consumption, the method is simple and practical

Active Publication Date: 2022-03-15
HUAZHONG UNIV OF SCI & TECH +1
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The application number is 201610886130.9, and the title of the invention is "Method for Recovering Lithium Iron Phosphate from Waste Lithium Batteries". The positive electrode piece of lithium iron phosphate is soaked in the mixed solution of organic reagent and water, and the positive electrode material is assisted by ultrasound. The steps of the method are: Simple, but involves the use of organic reagents such as NMP (NMP plays a role in dissolving PVDF), NMP has reproductive system toxicity and will cause harm to human health
[0004] Chinese patent CN1758478A discloses a method for recovering positive and negative electrode materials from waste and old pole pieces. This patent uses two methods: high temperature method and specific gravity method. The high temperature method is to decompose the binder through high temperature to achieve the effect of separation. The specific gravity method separates the substrate fragments from the positive electrode powder by ball milling the pole pieces and sieving, then uses water to stir to remove the binder in the positive electrode powder, and then filters and pulverizes Sieve, although it also discloses stirring in water to remove PVDF, wherein the ball mill plays the main role of separating the active material and the current collector, and water plays an auxiliary role, there are still problems such

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[0042] Disassemble the waste lithium iron phosphate battery (the content of the positive electrode binder PVDF is 5%, and the negative electrode binder PVA is 5%), take out the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet wrapped by the inner diaphragm, and pull out the diaphragm to obtain the positive electrode sheet Mix with the negative pole piece, soak it in 20°C water (water volume: pole piece volume = 15:1) for 0.5h with mechanical stirring at a speed of 300 rpm, then use a mesh with a pore size of 0.1cm for the mixed liquid Sieve screening, dry the sieved oversize (positive electrode material, copper foil, aluminum foil) and undersize (graphite, water), and carry out secondary screening on the obtained oversize, with a sieve aperture of 2cm, The undersize (positive electrode material) and oversize (copper foil, aluminum foil) are obtained, and then the mixture of copper foil and aluminum foil is subjected to eddy current separation to obtain copper and alumi...

Embodiment 2

[0050] Disassemble the waste nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary battery (the positive electrode binder PVDF content is 3%, the negative electrode binder CMC is 5%), take out the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet wrapped by the inner diaphragm, and pull out the diaphragm to obtain the positive electrode For the mixing of pole piece and negative pole piece, soak it in 30°C water (water volume: pole piece volume = 15:1) and mechanically stir for 1h at a speed of 700 rpm, then use a mesh with a pore size of 0.1cm for the mixed liquid Sieve screening, dry the sieved oversize (positive electrode material, copper foil, aluminum foil) and undersize (graphite, water), and carry out secondary screening on the obtained oversize, with a sieve aperture of 2cm, The undersize (positive electrode material) and oversize (copper foil, aluminum foil) are obtained, and then the mixture of copper foil and aluminum foil is subjected to eddy current separation to obtain copper an...

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[0053] Disassemble the waste lithium iron phosphate (positive electrode binder content is 6%, negative electrode binder SBR is 5%) batteries, take out the positive electrode sheet and negative electrode sheet wrapped by the inner diaphragm, and pull out the separator to obtain the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet. For the mixing of the negative pole piece, soak it in 80°C water (water volume: pole piece volume = 15:1) and mechanically stir for 1 hour at a speed of 500 rpm, then use a mesh screen with a pore size of 0.1cm for the mixed liquid Screening, drying the screened oversize (positive electrode material, copper foil, aluminum foil) and undersize (graphite, water), and secondary screening of the obtained oversize, with a sieve aperture of 2 cm, to obtain The undersize (positive electrode material) and oversize (copper foil, aluminum foil), and then the mixture of copper foil and aluminum foil is crushed and sorted to obtain copper and aluminum with...

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The invention belongs to the field of waste battery recycling, and particularly discloses a method for comprehensively separating and recycling materials in a decommissioned battery, which comprises the following steps of: (1) disassembling the decommissioned battery to obtain a mixture of a positive pole piece and a negative pole piece; (2) soaking the mixture of the positive pole piece and the negative pole piece in water and stirring, so that the positive component material and the negative component material are stripped from the current collector; and (3) secondary sieving is carried out, so that a powdery negative electrode component material, a sheet-shaped positive electrode component material, copper and aluminum are obtained through separation and recovery. Based on the principle that positive and negative binders have different properties and the characteristic of good ductility of a metal foil material, for a waste battery with low binder content (less than or equal to 6%) in a positive material, a mixture of a positive pole piece and a negative pole piece is stirred in a water environment and is matched with secondary sieving treatment, so that the positive and negative binders in the waste battery are uniformly mixed. Powdery negative electrode component materials, sheet-shaped positive electrode component materials, copper and aluminum can be recycled, and efficient separation and recycling of the positive electrode materials and the negative electrode materials and the current collector are achieved.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of waste battery recycling, and more specifically relates to a method for comprehensively separating and recycling materials in decommissioned batteries, which can realize the comprehensive separation and recycling of materials related to positive pole pieces and negative pole pieces inside the battery. Background technique [0002] Lithium-ion batteries have high energy density and power density, and are widely used in consumer electronics, large-scale energy storage, electric vehicles, 5G and other fields. Electric vehicles are the development trend in the future, and the output and demand of the supporting power batteries are also increasing rapidly year by year. In addition to lithium-ion batteries, sodium-ion and other battery systems are also emerging and will occupy an important position in the future. The rapid development of power batteries also means that my country is about to face the retirement of a large...

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IPC IPC(8): H01M10/54
CPCH01M10/54Y02W30/84
Inventor 孙永明王文宇陆荣华赵建智聂瑞超
Owner HUAZHONG UNIV OF SCI & TECH
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