摘要
The reductant is a critical factor in the hydrometallurgical recycling of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries(LIBs).There is limited information regarding the use of SnCl_(2) as a reductant with organic acid(maleic acid)for recovering valuable metals from spent Li-CoO_(2) material.In this study,the leaching efficiencies of Li and Co with 1 mol·L^(−1) of maleic acid and 0.3 mol·L^(−1) of SnCl_(2) were found to be 98.67%and 97.5%,respectively,at 60°C and a reaction time of 40 min.We investigated the kinetics and thermodynamics of the leaching process in this study to better understand the mechanism of the leaching process.Based on a comparison with H_(2)O_(2) with respect to leaching efficiency,the optimal leaching parameters,and the activation energy,we determined that it is feasible to replace H_(2)O_(2) with SnCl_(2) as a leaching reductant in the leaching process.In addition,when SnCl_(2) is used in the acid-leaching process,Sn residue in the leachate may have a positive effect on the re-synthesis of nickel-rich cathode materials.Therefore,the results of this study provide a potential direction for the selection of reductants in the hydrometallurgical recovery of valuable metals from spent LIBs.
基金
This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2016YFB0100301)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21875022 and U1664255).
