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Recovery Rates of Used Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Constituent Elements in Heat Treatment

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During the mass recycling of spent lithium-ion battery (LIB) packs, the packs that have not been disassembled are heat-treated to remove organic substances; further, the valuable metals obtained in the burnt product are recovered in the leaching process. Numerous methods have been reported for the efficient recovery of valuable metals in the leaching process; however, the material balance of the constituents of LIB during heat treatment has not been elucidated yet. In this study, the spent pack of lithium-ion secondary battery was employed wherein the positive electrode was essentially Li(Ni1/3Mn1/3Co1/3)O2 coated on an Al foil and the negative electrode was graphite coated on a Cu foil. Additionally, LiPF6 dissolved in propylene carbonate was used as the electrolyte, and the outer package was a cylindrical can composed of steel. After heat treatment of the spent LIB packs, Al2O3, Li2O-Al2O3-based compounds, MnO, Co, Ni, and Cu were found to be present in the cylindrical steel can of the burned product. Although high concentrations of the electrolyte elements of F and P were also present in the burned product, the amount recovered as dust from the exhaust gas treatment equipment was found to be higher as compared to that of the other elements; this amount was observed to reach or exceed 30 pct. Moreover, the constituent elements of the electrolyte such as Li, F, and P were converted to Li2O, LiF, and P2O5, leading to erosion of refractories.

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  1. Graduate School of International Resource Sciences, Akita University, 1-1, Tegatagakuen-machi, Akita, 010-8502, Japan

    Yoshiki Murakami, Atsushi Shibayama & Ryo Inoue

  2. Nippon Recycle Center Corp., 2-9-141, Nakajima, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka, 555-0041, Japan

    Yutaka Matsuzaki, Kunihiro Murakami & Shuhei Hiratani

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Murakami, Y., Matsuzaki, Y., Murakami, K. et al. Recovery Rates of Used Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Constituent Elements in Heat Treatment. Metall Mater Trans B 51, 1355–1362 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-020-01834-8

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