Mining, Minerals Processing and Metallurgical Engineering

Recycling of waste carbon residue from spent lithium-ion batteries via constant-pressure acid leaching

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  • Xiang-dong ZHU1, Jin XIAO1,2, Qiu-yun MAO3, Zhen-hua ZHANG1, Lei TANG1, Qi-fan ZHONG1,2
1. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
2. National Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Refractory Nonferrous Metal Resources, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
3. Department of Educational Science, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China

Online published: 2022-05-25

Abstract

Waste carbon residue (WCR) was efficiently detoxicated and regenerated to high-purity graphite (PGC) used in lithium-ion batteries through the constant-pressure acid leaching technique. The leaching conditions were optimized by the combination of orthogonal and single-factor experiments. Results show that PGC with 99.5% purity is regenerated at temperature of 60 °C, initial acid concentration of 12%, leaching time of 180 min, and liquid-to-solid ratio of 25:1, satisfying the requirements of commercial graphite. Meanwhile, the sodium hydroxide precipitation process was designed to recover valuable components from leachate efficiently. Ni, Co, Mn, and Al recoveries reach 96.92%, 87.5%, 97.83%, and 92.17%, respectively, at pH=11. Moreover, the co-product NaF can be recovered with purity over 99% via evaporative crystallization. The loss rate of fluorine is less than 0.5%, thereby eliminating the pollution risk of ?uorine to the environment. The proposed process shows considerable environmental and economic bene?ts.

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Xiang-dongZHU,JinXIAO,Qiu-yunMAO,Zhen-huaZHANG,LeiTANG,Qi-fanZHONG, . Recycling of waste carbon residue from spent lithium-ion batteries via constant-pressure acid leaching[J]. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2022 , 32(5) : 1691 -1704 . DOI: 10.1016/S1003-6326(22)65903-X

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