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 battery positive
electrode material based on activation and oxidation, which comprises the following steps: mixing the waste
lithium battery positive
electrode material, an
oxidizing agent, an activating agent and a
solvent, stirring and leaching, and carrying out
solid-liquid separation to obtain a lithium-rich leaching solution and valuable
metal leaching residues; wherein the activating agent is one or more than two of
divalent ferrite,
divalent cobalt salt,
divalent manganese salt, divalent
copper salt and monovalent silver salt, and the waste
lithium battery positive
electrode material is selected from one or more than two of waste
nickel cobalt lithium
manganate batteries, waste
nickel cobalt lithium aluminate batteries, waste
lithium cobalt oxide batteries and waste lithium
manganate batteries. Through the synergistic effect of the
oxidizing agent and the activating agent, preferential extraction of lithium in the
raw material is achieved in one step, the problem that the lithium loss amount is large in the later lithium extraction process is solved, and the method has the advantages of being easy and convenient to operate, short in technological process, good in lithium selectivity, high in lithium
leaching rate, wide in temperature application range and low in
recovery cost.