退役动力电池锂回收及电池级碳酸锂制备研究进展

doi:10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0100

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With rapidly growing on renewable energy vehicles，there presents a large amount of spent lithium-ion batteries including valuable lithium metals.Lithium recycles and utilizations from the spent batteries can reduce negative environment effect of solid-waste resources，and thus holding a significant contribution in the development for energy and environment applications.Currently，spent lithium-ion batteries comprise with various complex components.Meanwhile，resource recovery in lithium includes complex processes（dismantling，crushing，sorting，impurity removal，and element synthesis） with low efficiency.Thus，in order to realize efficient lithium recovery and their high-value utilizations，the research on recovery progress were summarized，involving traditional physical treatment，chemical treatment，and direct repair technology for emerging new electrodes.Furthermore，the key technology related to lithium extraction and the preparation in battery-grade lithium carbonate were reviewed，such as recrystallization，causticization，electrochemistry，and carbonation process.In addition，the prospects and challenges for further development of lithium recovery and battery-grade lithium carbonate were proposed.

Key words: spent lithium-ion power batteries, lithium recovery, lithium iron phosphate, ternary cathode materials, lithium carbonate

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TQ131.11

ZHAO Runze, QIAN A′niu. Research progress of lithium recovery for spent lithium-ion batteries and preparation in battery-grade lithium carbonate[J]. Inorganic Chemicals Industry, 2024, 56(12): 70-78.

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项目	三元锂电池	钴酸锂电池	磷酸铁锂电池
正极材料	镍钴锰三元［LiNi _x Co _y Mn_（1-_x_-_y_）O₂］	钴酸锂（LiCoO₂）	磷酸铁锂（LiFePO₄）
生产成本	中	高	低
能量密度	高	中	中
循环寿命	高	低	高
安全性	低	低	高

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