Progress in Microwave-assisted Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium Battery Cathode Materials

QIU Hongju; HAO Xiandong; ZHANG Yanqiong; GAO Lei; CHEN Guo

doi:10.13779/j.cnki.issn1001-0076.2022.03.006

2022 Vol. 42, No. 3

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QIU Hongju, HAO Xiandong, ZHANG Yanqiong, GAO Lei, CHEN Guo. Progress in Microwave-assisted Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium Battery Cathode Materials[J]. Conservation and Utilization of Mineral Resources, 2022, 42(3): 38-44. doi: 10.13779/j.cnki.issn1001-0076.2022.03.006

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QIU Hongju, HAO Xiandong, ZHANG Yanqiong, GAO Lei, CHEN Guo. Progress in Microwave-assisted Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium Battery Cathode Materials[J]. Conservation and Utilization of Mineral Resources, 2022, 42(3): 38-44. doi: 10.13779/j.cnki.issn1001-0076.2022.03.006

Progress in Microwave-assisted Recovery of Valuable Metals from Spent Lithium Battery Cathode Materials

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School of Chemistry and Environment, Yunnan Minzu University, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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International Joint Research Center for Clean Utilization of Biomass Resources in Cross-border Ethnic Areas, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China
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Key Laboratory of Unconventional Metallurgy, Ministry of Education, Kunming 650093, Yunnan, China

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Corresponding author: CHEN Guo, guochen@kust.edu.cn

Received Date: 16 April 2022

Publish Date: 25 June 2022

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Recycling of high-value materials such as Ni, Co, Mn, and Li from used lithium battery cathode materials has become a current research hotspot, resulting from the requirements on the protection of the national strategic key metal and the development of the international frontier. This paper summarized the valuable metals recovery process for waste lithium battery positive electrode, and introduced the principle and application of microwave technology in the metallurgical process. The applications of microwave-assisted heat and humidity combined process in the roasting reduction process, leaching process, and extraction process were studied emphatically. With the involvement of microwave energy, the carbon thermal reduction time was saved, the leaching rate of metal ions was increased and the mass transfer rate of the extraction process was accelerated, ultimately achieving an increase in yield and quality of the target metal. Finally, we prospected the development prospect of waste lithium battery recovery market in the future.
- waste lithium battery /
- valuable metals /
- recycling process /
- microwave /
- Li /
- Co

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