Preparation of cobalt oxide from concentrated cathode material of spent lithium ion batteries by hydrometallurgical method

Cobalt oxide was prepared from spent lithium ion batteries (LIBs) by reductive leaching, copper sulfide precipitation, cobalt oxalate precipitation and thermal decomposition. The cobalt rich non-magnetic −16 mesh fraction obtained from spent LIBs by mechanical separation was leached using 2 M H 2SO...

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Published in:Advanced powder technology : the international journal of the Society of Powder Technology, Japan Japan, 2010-03, Vol.21 (2), p.175-179
Main Authors: Kang, Jingu, Sohn, Jeongsoo, Chang, Hankwon, Senanayake, Gamini, Shin, Shun Myung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
BATTERIES
CATHODES
Cobalt
Cobalt oxalates
Cobalt oxide
Cobalt oxides
CONCENTRATES
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DENSITY
HYDROMETALLURGY
LEACHING
Lithium batteries
Oxalate precipitation
OXIDES
PRECIPITATION
Reductive leaching
Spent Li-ion battery
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Summary:Cobalt oxide was prepared from spent lithium ion batteries (LIBs) by reductive leaching, copper sulfide precipitation, cobalt oxalate precipitation and thermal decomposition. The cobalt rich non-magnetic −16 mesh fraction obtained from spent LIBs by mechanical separation was leached using 2 M H 2SO 4, 6 vol% H 2O 2, reaction temperature 60 °C, agitation speed 300 rpm, pulp density 100 g/L, reaction time 1 h. The leaching efficiency of cobalt was more than 99% and its concentration was 27.4 g/L. Copper was removed (99.9%) as CuS by precipitating with Na 2S. The crystalline solid CoC 2O 4·2H 2O selectively precipitated by treating the copper-free liquor with oxalic acid was calcined to produce crystalline Co 3O 4, of which primary average particle size was 340 nm.
ISSN:0921-8831
1568-5527
DOI:10.1016/j.apt.2009.10.015