The invention discloses a method and a device for recycling
metal in waste
lithium ion batteries by water-soluble
ionic liquid. The method comprises the steps that: (1) a waste
lithium ion battery is subjected to
electricity discharge treatment; (2) after the
electricity discharge, the waste
lithium ion battery is disassembled and separated manually so as to obtain an
anode, a
cathode, a diaphragm and a shell containing a circuit board, and the
anode, the
cathode, the diaphragm and the shell containing the circuit board are separated and sorted; (3) the water-soluble
ionic liquid is heated in an
oil bath and is stirred by an electric mixer; (4) the
anode and the
cathode which are separated are added into the
oil bath respectively and stay in the
oil bath for 25 minutes for performing the separation of a negative material and a
copper foil and the separation of a positive material and an
aluminum foil; (5) after the water-soluble
ionic liquid in the oil bath is cooled, the
aluminum foil and the
copper foil which are separated are taken out and washed; (6) the cooled water-soluble ionic liquid is filtered and the positive material and the negative material are separated and washed. The device comprises the oil bath which is capable of performing automatic
temperature control and the electric mixer, wherein the electric mixer is inserted in the oil bath and the rotation speed of the electric mixer is adjustable. The method and the device have the characteristics of high disassembly efficiency, high recycling purity of valuable
metal and the positive material and environment friendliness.