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A Strategy for Acid-Free Waste Lithium Battery Processing

  • Mark L. Strauss
  • , Luis Diaz Aldana
  • , Mary Case
  • , Tedd Lister

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Abstract

The current methods for the extraction of cobalt, lithium, nickel, and manganese from waste lithium-ion batteries require reagents such as HCl, H2SO4, HNO3 and excess of a reductants such as of hydrogen peroxide. This work provides a new strategy for metal recovery and impurity removal without the use of mineral acids, bases or discrete reductants. This study is an alternative strategy using unique pyrometallurgical method that may be more environmentally sustainable because reagent consumption may be less, fewer toxic reagents are utilized, and fewer unit operations are employed. The effects of temperature, time, and reagent concentration were studied upon the recovery of cobalt, lithium, nickel, iron, and aluminum.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNi-Co 2021
Subtitle of host publicationThe 5th International Symposium on Nickel and Cobalt
EditorsCorby Anderson, Graeme Goodall, Sumedh Gostu, Dean Gregurek, Mari Lundström, Christina Meskers, Stuart Nicol, Esa Peuraniemi, Fiseha Tesfaye, Prabhat K. Tripathy, Shijie Wang, Yuanbo Zhang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages121-124
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783030656461
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event5th International Symposium on Nickel and Cobalt, Ni-Co 2021 held as part of TMS 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Mar 15 2021Mar 18 2021

Publication series

NameMinerals, Metals and Materials Series
ISSN (Print)2367-1181
ISSN (Electronic)2367-1696

Conference

Conference5th International Symposium on Nickel and Cobalt, Ni-Co 2021 held as part of TMS 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period03/15/2103/18/21

Keywords

  • Acid-free
  • Critical materials
  • Lithium-ion battery
  • Recycling

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