Water as a Sustainable Leaching Agent for the Selective Leaching of Lithium from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries

Greil, R. and Chai, J. and Rudelstorfer, G. and Mitsche, S. and Lux, S. (2023) Water as a Sustainable Leaching Agent for the Selective Leaching of Lithium from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries. ACS Omega. ISSN 24701343

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Abstract

The development of a sustainable recycling process for lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries is an essential step to reduce the environmental impact of batteries. So far, the industrial implementation of a recycling process for lithium has been hindered by low recycling efficiencies and impurities in the recycled material. The aim of this study is thus to develop an easy-to-implement recycling concept for the selective leaching of lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries with water as a sustainable leaching reagent. With this highly selective process, the quantity of chemicals used can be substantially decreased. The influence of the leaching temperature, the solid/liquid-ratio, the mixing rate, and the number of stages in multistage operation were investigated utilizing NCM-material. High leaching efficiencies and a high selectivity were achieved at moderate temperatures of 40 °C and a solid/liquid-ratio of 100 g L-1. In multistage operation, a selectivity for lithium higher than 98 was achieved with 57 leaching performance of lithium. XRD-measurements showed that lithium carbonate was quantitatively leached, while lithium metal oxides remained in the black mass. Finally, the leaching kinetics were determined, proving that the first leaching period is diffusion controlled and, in the second period, the leaching rate is rate controlling. This work confirms the concept of a green leaching process by which lithium can be recycled with a high degree of purity. © 2024 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society

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Date Deposited: 04 Jun 2024 14:11
Last Modified: 04 Jun 2024 14:11
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/18947

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