The invention discloses a method for preparing
lithium carbonate and a ternary precursor by recycling a waste ternary
lithium battery, and belongs to the field of
solid waste recycling.
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powder obtained after pretreatment of a waste ternary battery are adopted as reducing agents, and the structure of the ternary material is destroyed through self-reduction
phase inversion;
lithium carbonate is converted into
lithium bicarbonate which is easy to leach with water by adopting a
carbonation water leaching method, so as to realize the preferential leaching of lithium; and
sulfuric acid leaching is directly performed on the material subjected to lithium extraction without adding a
reducing agent to obtain a
nickel-
cobalt-
manganese solution.
Copper, iron,
calcium and other impurities in the solution are deeply removed through an
impurity removal procedure, the content of aluminum and
magnesium in the solution is controlled, then
nickel,
cobalt and
manganese in the solution are extracted into an organic phase through synchronous extraction, a
nickel sulfate solution, a
cobalt sulfate solution and a
manganese sulfate solution are obtained after reverseextraction is conducted through
sulfuric acid, and a high-quality ternary positive
electrode material precursor can be prepared after the
metal proportion is adjusted. The method provided by the invention has the advantages of high
recovery rate of valuable metals including lithium, nickel, cobalt and manganese, short flow, good product quality, economy and environment-friendliness.