The invention discloses a method for preparing a composite positive
electrode material by using a waste battery, and belongs to the technical field of battery
recovery. The method comprises the following steps: discharging, disassembling and sorting a waste
lithium iron phosphate battery to obtain a positive plate, carrying out
water treatment, separating from an
aluminum foil to obtain a waste
lithium iron phosphate sheet, adding
sodium hypochlorite, tetraethoxysilane, deionized water and
hydrochloric acid, stirring to obtain SiO2-coated
iron phosphate precipitate particles and a
lithium-containing solution, adding
sodium hydroxide into the lithium-containing solution to adjust the pH value, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain the lithium-
ion battery
cathode material. Adding
sodium carbonate, heating and
drying to obtain
lithium carbonate precipitate. And adding a
carbon source and
alcohol into the SiO2-coated iron
phosphate precipitate particles and
lithium carbonate, carrying out ball milling, taking out,
drying, and calcining in a protective
atmosphere to obtain the positive
electrode composite material. Compared with the prior art, according to the prepared positive
electrode composite material, material particles contain a lithium
silicate network, so that the
specific discharge capacity of a battery material is effectively improved. The method is simple in process and suitable for comprehensive utilization of waste batteries.