The invention discloses a method for selectively separating valuable metals from a positive
electrode material of a waste
lithium battery, and belongs to the technical field of resource recycling of waste
lithium ion batteries. The method comprises the following steps: preparing an aprotic
deep eutectic solvent (DES) as a leaching agent and an
electrolyte at the same time; the method comprises the following steps: adding a waste positive
electrode material into DES, and leaching to obtain a DES leaching-
electrolyte system; according to the method, the
pulse voltage is applied in stages, selective separation of
nickel,
cobalt and
manganese is achieved by controlling the pulse peak
voltage (the first stage is-0.8 V to-1.0 V, the second stage is-1.0 V to-1.2 V, and the third stage is-1.2 V to-1.5 V), and the
pulse frequency and the duty ratio are used for regulating and enhancing
mass transfer and restraining side reactions. According to the method, the
metal deposition
potential difference is expanded through DES coordination regulation and control, efficient selective separation of
nickel,
cobalt and
manganese is achieved in combination with pulse step-by-step
voltage control, and the method has the advantages of being high in separation efficiency, few in
side reaction, simplified in process, high in product purity and the like.