LITHIUM RECOVERY FROM LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4372113A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-22

    申请号:EP22214480.0

    申请日:2022-12-19

    IPC分类号: C22B7/00 C01D15/08 C22B26/12

    摘要: Recycling of charge material for an NMC (Ni, Mn, Co) battery recovers lithium from a recycled battery stream by roasting a black mass from the recycled stream in a partial oxygen environment at a temperature based on the thermal reduction of cathode material and reacting carbon in an anode material with lithium in the cathode material, and then leaching the lithium from the roasted black mass for forming a lithium leach solution. Lithium is recovered by heating the lithium leach solution, precipitating the lithium carbonate based on decreased solubility of the leached lithium carbonate at the increased temperature.

    NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE (NIMH) BATTERY RECYCLING

    公开(公告)号:EP4345980A8

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-08

    申请号:EP22215023.7

    申请日:2022-12-20

    IPC分类号: H01M10/54

    CPC分类号: H01M10/54

    摘要: Recycling of nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries extracts substantially pure nickel based on adding a leach agent to granular cathode material resulting from agitation of the NiMH batteries to form a leach solution. A pH of the leach solution is maintained for precipitating iron, aluminum and lanthanide rare earth elements (REE) for yielding a nickel solution for forming a cathode material precursor in a recycled battery, often with a high nickel content.

    NICKEL RICH BATTERY RECYCLING
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4353853A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-17

    申请号:EP22215024.5

    申请日:2022-12-20

    摘要: A battery recycling process recovers lithium from nickel-rich cathode material in a recycling stream of end-of-life batteries. A dilute acid leach of a high nickel content cathode material contains a mixture of sulfuric acid based on a molar quantity of lithium in the cathode material. The highly selective leach generates a lithium rich solution with a small amount of nickel removable by nanofiltration to achieve a highly efficient recovery of the lithium contained in the recycling stream. A quantity of the leach acid based on the lithium content and a quantity of water based on a total black mass of the recycling stream results in a highly selective, near pure lithium leach when the recycling stream results from high nickel NMC batteries such as 811.

    NICKEL-METAL HYDRIDE (NIMH) BATTERY RECYCLING

    公开(公告)号:EP4345980A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-03

    申请号:EP22215023.7

    申请日:2022-12-20

    发明人: Kim, Kee-Chan

    IPC分类号: H01M10/54

    摘要: Recycling of nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries extracts substantially pure nickel based on adding a leach agent to granular cathode material resulting from agitation of the NiMH batteries to form a leach solution. A pH of the leach solution is maintained for precipitating iron, aluminum and lanthanide rare earth elements (REE) for yielding a nickel solution for forming a cathode material precursor in a recycled battery, often with a high nickel content.

    MICROSTRUCTURE TUNING OF CATHODE MATERIAL
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP4421192A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-28

    申请号:EP23164160.6

    申请日:2023-03-24

    IPC分类号: C22B3/06 H01M10/54

    摘要: A recycling process for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries includes a selective leach of charge material metals followed by impurity control for effecting microstructures such as a pore volume and surface area for optimal structures and charge performance. Particle characteristics having a favorable effect on performance correlate with soluble impurities in a recycling leach solution formed from spent charge material in a battery recycling stream. Spent batteries yield a black mass of agitated, comingled cathode material, anode material and current collectors. Leaching of the black mass yields a recycling solution of charge material metals and impurities. Selective adjustment of these impurities through adding and/or separating soluble ions in the solution drives formation of internal voids, surface area and pore volume in the resulting cathode material.