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Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 Cathode Materials Using Compound Leaching Agents of Sulfuric Acid and Oxalic Acid

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  • Chunyuan Yang

    (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, Guiyang 550025, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Jiawei Wang

    (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Manganese Materials for Batteries, Tongren 554300, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Pan Yang

    (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, Guiyang 550025, China)

  • Yue He

    (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, Guiyang 550025, China)

  • Song Wang

    (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, Guiyang 550025, China)

  • Pingyuan Zhao

    (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, Guiyang 550025, China)

  • Haifeng Wang

    (College of Materials and Metallurgy, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory of Metallurgical Engineering and Energy Saving, Guiyang 550025, China
    Guizhou Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Manganese Materials for Batteries, Tongren 554300, China)

Abstract

The recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries is beneficial to protect the environment and avoid resource depletion. Based on the synergistic effect of the reducing ability of oxalic acid and the acidic strength of sulfuric acid, this study was conducted to recover valuable metals from spent LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 lithium-ion battery cathode materials with the compound leaching agents of sulfuric acid and oxalic acid. Under the optimized conditions of sulfuric acid concentration at 2.5 mol·L −1 , oxalic acid concentration at 20 g·L −1 , liquid-to-solid ratio at 10 mL·g −1 , reaction temperature at 85 °C, and reaction time at 100 min, the leaching rate of Li, Ni, Co, and Mn measured by ICP-OES was, respectively, 99.26%, 98.41%, 96.95%, and 97.54%. It was further validated that the valuable metals were almost completely leached when combined with the XRD and SEM-EDS analysis of spent cathode materials before and after leaching. The leaching of Li, Ni, Co, and Mn was all in accordance with the Avrami model with their activation energies of 31.96 kJ·mol −1 , 41.01 kJ·mol −1 , 47.57 kJ·mol −1 , and 42.95 kJ·mol −1 , indicating that the diffusion was the control of the Li leaching process, and the surface chemical reaction was the control of the other three metals. This work provides a new idea and method for the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries.

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  • Chunyuan Yang & Jiawei Wang & Pan Yang & Yue He & Song Wang & Pingyuan Zhao & Haifeng Wang, 2022. "Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent LiNi 0.8 Co 0.1 Mn 0.1 O 2 Cathode Materials Using Compound Leaching Agents of Sulfuric Acid and Oxalic Acid," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-15, October.
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