A mechanochemical method with SiO_(2)as the grinding aid was used to enhance the leaching efficiencies of Co and Li from spent lithium batteries(LIBs).Experiment results show that the optimal leaching efficiencies of ...A mechanochemical method with SiO_(2)as the grinding aid was used to enhance the leaching efficiencies of Co and Li from spent lithium batteries(LIBs).Experiment results show that the optimal leaching efficiencies of 94.91%for Co and 97.22%for Li were obtained under the parameters of SiO_(2)/LiCoO_(2)mass ratio of 1:1,grinding speed of 500 r/min and grinding time of 30 min in citric acid.Characterization results indicate that the surficial properties of LiCoO_(2)were changed after mechanochemical grinding treatment due to the newly generated surfaces on LiCoO_(2).Meanwhile,the incompletely coordinated atomic structure and defective lattice structure lead to the activation of LiCoO_(2).The reduction effect of carbon black on Co^(3+)under the action of mechanical forces increases its leaching efficiencies in the citric acid solution.The proposed process was found efficiently to recover Co and Li from LiCoO_(2).展开更多
基金financially supported by the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province,China(No.2020B090919003)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51574234,51904295)+2 种基金the Special Fund(Social Development)Project of Key Research and Development Plan of Jiangsu Province,China(No.BE2019634)the Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(No.BK20180647)the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(No.2018M640538)。
文摘A mechanochemical method with SiO_(2)as the grinding aid was used to enhance the leaching efficiencies of Co and Li from spent lithium batteries(LIBs).Experiment results show that the optimal leaching efficiencies of 94.91%for Co and 97.22%for Li were obtained under the parameters of SiO_(2)/LiCoO_(2)mass ratio of 1:1,grinding speed of 500 r/min and grinding time of 30 min in citric acid.Characterization results indicate that the surficial properties of LiCoO_(2)were changed after mechanochemical grinding treatment due to the newly generated surfaces on LiCoO_(2).Meanwhile,the incompletely coordinated atomic structure and defective lattice structure lead to the activation of LiCoO_(2).The reduction effect of carbon black on Co^(3+)under the action of mechanical forces increases its leaching efficiencies in the citric acid solution.The proposed process was found efficiently to recover Co and Li from LiCoO_(2).
