Journal article
Influence of alkaline pre-treatment on acid dissolution of cathode material of 18650 lithium battery
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.882(1), Art. 012001
2021
Abstract
Lithium battery cathodes contain lithium, cobalt, nickel, and manganese. Recycling of spent lithium batteries aims to recover these elements for re-use. Liberation of cathode materials from other metals in the battery such as aluminium, copper, and iron, is essential to obtain a good leaching efficiency in the recovery of valuable metals from end-of-life lithium batteries. This study investigates the behaviour of cathode materials and other metals in spent 18650 lithium batteries during leaching in H2SO4 solution with and without NaOH pre-treatment. Dissolution of aluminium using NaOH is a selective method to separate the metal from other elements. The influence of a 2-hour NaOH pre-treatment on subsequent acid leaching of cathode materials was investigated at both room temperature and 80°C. The extraction of aluminium increased to 75% at a higher temperature. Lithium concentration in the pregnant leach solution from acid leaching also increases with NaOH pre-treatment. The pre-treatment had a negligible effect on nickel, manganese, iron, and copper extraction. However, the cobalt extraction with NaOH pre-treatment was significantly lower. The result was likely due to indirect impact of less hydrogen gas was generated from a lower Al amount. The lattice structure of the leach residue for the sample with NaOH pre-treatment was monoclinic rather than rhombohedral due to stronger delithiation.
Details
- Title
- Influence of alkaline pre-treatment on acid dissolution of cathode material of 18650 lithium battery
- Authors/Creators
- D. Amalia (Author/Creator)P. Singh (Author/Creator)W. Zhang (Author/Creator)A.N. Nikoloski (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol.882(1), Art. 012001
- Publisher
- IOP Science
- Identifiers
- 991005543253507891
- Copyright
- © 2021 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Energy; Harry Butler Institute; Centre for Water, Energy and Waste
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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