Succinic acid-based leaching system: A sustainable process for recovery of valuable metals from spent Li-ion batteries

Li, Li; Qu, Wenjie; Zhang, Xiaoxiao; Lu, Jun; Chen, Renjie; Wu, Feng; Amine, Khalil

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.02.073

Title: Succinic acid-based leaching system: A sustainable process for recovery of valuable metals from spent Li-ion batteries

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A hydrometallurgical method involving natural organic acid leaching has been developed for recovery of lithium and cobalt from the cathode active materials in spent lithium-ion batteries. Succinic acid is employed as leaching agent and H2O2 as reductant. The cobalt and lithium contents from the succinic acid-based treatment of spent batteries are determined by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy to calculate the leaching efficiency. The spent LiCoO2 samples after calcination and the residues after leaching are characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that nearly 100% of cobalt and more than 96% of lithium are leached under optimal conditions: succinic acid concentration of 1.5 mol L-1, H2O2 content of 4 vol.%, solid-to-liquid ratio of 15 g L-1, temperature of 70 °C, and reaction time of 40 min. Results are also given for fitting of the experimental data to acid leaching kinetic models.

Authors:: Li, Li; Qu, Wenjie; Zhang, Xiaoxiao; Lu, Jun; Chen, Renjie; Wu, Feng; Amine, Khalil

Publication Date:: Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: National Basic Research Program of China; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1390908

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Power Sources

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 282; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 25 ENERGY STORAGE; acid leaching; recovery; spent cathode materials; succinic acid

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                    Li, Li, Qu, Wenjie, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Lu, Jun, Chen, Renjie, Wu, Feng, and Amine, Khalil. Succinic acid-based leaching system: A sustainable process for recovery of valuable metals from spent Li-ion batteries.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Li, Li, Qu, Wenjie, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Lu, Jun, Chen, Renjie, Wu, Feng, & Amine, Khalil. Succinic acid-based leaching system: A sustainable process for recovery of valuable metals from spent Li-ion batteries.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.02.073

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                    Li, Li, Qu, Wenjie, Zhang, Xiaoxiao, Lu, Jun, Chen, Renjie, Wu, Feng, and Amine, Khalil. 2015.  
        "Succinic acid-based leaching system: A sustainable process for recovery of valuable metals from spent Li-ion batteries".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.02.073.

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@article{osti_1390908,

  title        = {Succinic acid-based leaching system: A sustainable process for recovery of valuable metals from spent Li-ion batteries},

  author       = {Li, Li and Qu, Wenjie and Zhang, Xiaoxiao and Lu, Jun and Chen, Renjie and Wu, Feng and Amine, Khalil},

  abstractNote = {A hydrometallurgical method involving natural organic acid leaching has been developed for recovery of lithium and cobalt from the cathode active materials in spent lithium-ion batteries. Succinic acid is employed as leaching agent and H2O2 as reductant. The cobalt and lithium contents from the succinic acid-based treatment of spent batteries are determined by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy to calculate the leaching efficiency. The spent LiCoO2 samples after calcination and the residues after leaching are characterized by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that nearly 100% of cobalt and more than 96% of lithium are leached under optimal conditions: succinic acid concentration of 1.5 mol L-1, H2O2 content of 4 vol.%, solid-to-liquid ratio of 15 g L-1, temperature of 70 °C, and reaction time of 40 min. Results are also given for fitting of the experimental data to acid leaching kinetic models.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.02.073},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1390908},
  journal      = {Journal of Power Sources},

  issn         = {0378-7753},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 282,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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