The invention provides basic
cobalt carbonate with high
carbonate content and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
cobalt compound preparation. The basic
cobalt carbonate can be used as a cobalt source or a cobalt compound precursor for a positive
electrode material. The method comprises the following steps: introducing
carbon dioxide into a
sodium carbonate solution in advance to obtain a pre-carbonized
sodium carbonate solution; synchronously dropwise adding the pre-carbonized
sodium carbonate solution and the
cobaltous sulfate solution for reaction under the condition of
partial pressure of
carbon dioxide, and controlling the pH value of the reaction solution to obtain reaction
slurry; aging the reaction
slurry under a
carbon dioxide pressurization condition, regulating the pH value, and filtering to obtain a wet
filter cake; the wet
filter cake is sequentially subjected to
sodium bicarbonate solution replacement washing and carbon dioxide saturated deionized
water washing, then dried, smashed and screened, and a product is obtained; the method disclosed by the invention is beneficial to improving the carbonate introduction degree of basic cobalt carbonate and reducing soluble salt entrainment, and few insoluble residues are generated in acid medium
dissolution evaluation.