The invention belongs to the technical field of waste
lithium battery
recovery, and particularly relates to a method for selectively extracting
lithium from a waste
lithium iron phosphate positive
electrode material based on interface polarization activation-complexing
impurity inhibition, which comprises the following steps: 1) adding the waste
lithium iron phosphate positive
electrode material, an
oxidizing agent and an activating agent into a
solvent, stirring and leaching, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation after leaching to obtain a leaching solution; and (2) adding inorganic salt into the
leachate, enabling the inorganic salt and the activating agent in the step (S1) to generate precipitate, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a lithium-rich solution. Through the synergistic effect of the activating agent and the
oxidizing agent, the lithium is deintercalated while the main body of the waste
lithium iron phosphate positive
electrode material is not dissolved basically, the
leaching rate of the lithium can reach 99% or above, and the content of iron and
phosphorus impurities in the lithium-rich solution is low. The method has the advantages of being high in lithium
leaching rate, good in lithium selectivity, wide in leaching temperature application range, short in technological process, few in generated waste and low in cost, and particularly, the method also has the excellent selective lithium leaching effect at the low temperature.