The invention discloses a waste battery positive
electrode material recovery method, which comprises: mixing a waste battery positive
electrode material and a
sulfuric acid solution to obtain a
slurry, the waste battery positive
electrode material comprising at least one of Ni < 3 + >, Co < 3 + > and Mn < 3 + >; the
slurry and
cobalt hydroxide acid leaching residues are mixed, a first leaching reaction is carried out, so that first leaching liquid and first leaching residues are obtained, and the
cobalt hydroxide acid leaching residues comprise
cobalt sulfide; the first leaching solution and
iron powder are mixed, a second leaching reaction is conducted, so that a second leaching solution and second leaching residues are obtained, and the first leaching solution comprises
copper ions; and the second leaching solution and
nickel cobalt hydroxide acid leaching residues are mixed, a third leaching reaction is carried out, so that a
recovery solution and third leaching residues are obtained, and the
nickel cobalt hydroxide acid leaching residues comprise at least one of MnO2, Mn3O4 and MnO (OH). The
cobalt hydroxide acid leaching residues and the
nickel cobalt
hydroxide acid leaching residues are jointly used, so that valuable
metal elements in the waste battery positive
electrode material are synergistically leached, and the use of auxiliary materials is effectively reduced while the efficient
metal element
leaching rate is kept.