Recovering Lithium from the Cathode Active Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries via Thermal Decomposition

Autor: Ryo Kasuya, Fuka Tsugita, Shunsuke Kuzuhara, Mina Ota
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Metals
Volume 10
Issue 4
Metals, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 433 (2020)
ISSN: 2075-4701
DOI: 10.3390/met10040433
Popis: In this study, calcination tests were performed on a mixed sample of lithium cobalt oxide and activated carbon at 300&ndash
1000 C under an argon atmosphere. The tests were conducted to discover an effective method for recovering lithium and cobalt from the cathode active material used in lithium-ion batteries. Additionally, the effect of soluble fluorine on the purification of lithium carbonate was investigated by the addition of lithium fluoride to an aqueous lithium hydroxide solution and a CO2 flow test was performed. The lithium recovery was &ge
90% when the calcination occurred at temperatures of 500&ndash
600 C. However, the percent recovery decreased at temperatures &ge
700 C. It was demonstrated that in order to increase the recovery while maintaining 99% purity of lithium carbonate in the recovered material, it was imperative to increase the temperature of the solution and to limit the F/Li ratio (mass%/mass%) in the solution to a value that did not exceed 0.05.
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