CN111960480A - Method for preparing nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using waste lithium ion battery - Google Patents

Method for preparing nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using waste lithium ion battery Download PDF

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CN111960480A
CN111960480A CN202010885634.5A CN202010885634A CN111960480A CN 111960480 A CN111960480 A CN 111960480A CN 202010885634 A CN202010885634 A CN 202010885634A CN 111960480 A CN111960480 A CN 111960480A
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Abstract

The invention discloses a method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery, which comprises the following steps of: discharging the waste lithium ion battery, and detaching a positive plate; placing the positive plate in an organic solvent for ultrasonic oscillation, and separating a positive active substance; dissolving the washed and dried positive active substance with an organic acid solution to form a metal ion solution; adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution into the metal ion solution to obtain a salt solution; adding a sodium hydroxide solution and ammonia water into the salt solution, adjusting the pH value of the mixed solution to be alkaline, generating a ternary precursor precipitate, and separating and drying the ternary precursor precipitate; adjusting the residual salt solution to be neutral, adding a sodium carbonate solution into the neutral salt solution to generate lithium carbonate precipitate, and separating and drying the lithium carbonate precipitate; and co-firing the ternary precursor precipitate and the lithium carbonate precipitate to obtain the lithium carbonate. The method can effectively solve the problems that the positive active material and the aluminum foil are difficult to separate and secondary waste liquid is easy to generate in the existing recovery method.

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Method for preparing nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using waste lithium ion battery
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of recovery of nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary materials in lithium ion batteries, in particular to a method for recovering nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary materials in waste lithium ion batteries.
Background
The lithium ion battery has the advantages of high energy density, high working voltage, high safety, long cycle life and the like, and is widely applied to the fields of mobile phones, notebook computers, energy storage base stations, vehicles and the like. With the updating of electronic products, the number of scrapped lithium ion batteries is increasing. On one hand, the direct discarding of the waste lithium ion battery causes great environmental pollution, and heavy metals enter human bodies through the way of atmosphere, soil, water source and the like, so that the heavy metals cause damage to human health and even cause cancer. On the other hand, the recovery of nickel, cobalt and manganese metal elements in the waste lithium ion battery can generate considerable economic benefit, so that the lithium battery industry is well developed. The main metal elements in the waste lithium ion battery comprise copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, manganese and lithium, and the one-by-one separation and recovery of the metal elements can generate higher production cost, have long recovery flow and long period, and are not beneficial to large-scale industrialized recovery.
The existing recovery technology of waste lithium ion batteries mainly comprises the following steps: (1) the full-wet leaching technology comprises the steps of crushing and separating the waste lithium ion battery, acid leaching, solid-liquid separation and the like, but has the problems of complex operation, high cost, difficult treatment of generated waste liquid and the like; (2) the fire method and wet method combined technology comprises the steps of crushing and stripping, oxidizing roasting, wet leaching and the like of the waste lithium ion battery, but has the problems of high energy consumption, easy generation of toxic and harmful gases and the like; (3) wet leaching and coprecipitation technology, including steps of crushing and stripping, acid leaching and separation (precipitation, complexation, extraction and other methods) of waste lithium ion batteries, can realize the recovery of high-purity nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary precursors, but the industrial crushing technology is to crush the lithium ion battery pole pieces into 10-20mm fragments, so that the complete separation of the positive pole pieces is difficult to realize; sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide are generally used in the acid leaching process, secondary waste liquid is generated, and meanwhile, the physical health of operators is greatly threatened.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects in the prior art, the invention provides a method for recovering a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material in a waste lithium ion battery, which can effectively solve the problems that the separation of a positive active substance from an aluminum foil is difficult and a secondary waste liquid is easy to generate in the conventional recovery method.
In order to achieve the purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows:
a method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery and removing the positive plate;
(2) placing the positive plate in the step (1) in an organic solvent for ultrasonic oscillation, and separating a positive active substance;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance in the step (2) by using ultrapure water, and then carrying out suction filtration and drying;
(4) dissolving the dried positive active substance in the step (3) by using an organic acid solution, and then adding a reducing agent into the solution to form a metal ion solution;
(5) adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution into the metal ion solution obtained in the step (4) to obtain a salt solution;
(6) adding the salt solution and the sodium hydroxide solution obtained in the step (5) into ammonia water at the same time, adjusting the pH value of the mixed solution to be alkaline, generating a ternary precursor precipitate, and separating and drying the ternary precursor precipitate;
(7) adjusting the residual salt solution in the step (6) to be neutral, adding a saturated sodium carbonate solution into the neutral salt solution to generate lithium carbonate precipitate, and separating and drying the lithium carbonate precipitate;
(8) and (4) co-firing the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) and the lithium carbonate precipitate in the step (7) to obtain the lithium carbonate lithium secondary battery.
In the scheme, the disassembled positive plate and the organic solvent are subjected to ultrasonic oscillation, so that the positive active material and the aluminum foil are gradually separated, the separation and the acquisition of the positive active material are realized, the doping of aluminum elements in the aluminum foil is effectively reduced, and the problem of subsequent aluminum impurity removal is further avoided; the positive active substance is dissolved by organic acid, so that metal ions can be leached to a greater extent, and meanwhile, the generation of toxic gas can be reduced, the pollution to the environment is reduced, and the corrosion to equipment is reduced; the reducing agent is added in the leaching process, so that the dissolving-out speed of metal ions can be improved;
and then supplementing nickel sulfate, cobalt sulfate and manganese sulfate solution into the metal ion solution to ensure that the proportion of nickel, cobalt and manganese in the solution is the same as that of the prepared ternary cathode material, then adding ammonia water and sodium hydroxide into the solution to form ternary precursor precipitate, then adding sodium carbonate into the solution to generate lithium carbonate precipitate, realizing recycling of lithium ions, and finally co-firing the ternary precursor precipitate and the lithium carbonate precipitate to obtain the ternary material.
Further, the organic solvent in the step (2) is at least one of tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, tetramethylurea, trimethyl phosphate and acetone.
Further, in the step (2), the organic solvent is a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and acetone, and the volume ratio of the tetrahydrofuran to the acetone is 2: 1.
In the above scheme, organic solvent is adopted as the impregnating compound, the impregnating compound can gradually permeate into the space between the positive active material and the aluminum foil, ultrasonic oscillation is matched, the positive active material and the aluminum foil can be quickly separated, then the positive active material is dissolved independently, the aluminum element in the aluminum foil can be effectively prevented from being dissolved, and the follow-up operation of impurity removal is avoided.
Further, in the step (2), ultrasonic oscillation is carried out for 1-2h under the frequency of 30-35 Hz.
In the scheme, the oscillating frequency can influence the separation, the oscillating frequency is too high, the positive electrode material is broken, the separation of the positive electrode active substance and the aluminum foil is more difficult, the oscillating frequency is too low, and the separation time is prolonged.
Further, in the step (3), the drying temperature is 60-80 ℃, and the drying time is 8-12 h.
In the scheme, after the separated positive electrode active substance is cleaned by ultrapure water, impurity residues on the surface can be reduced, and the positive electrode active substance is dried at the temperature, so that the loss of the active substance can be avoided, and the subsequent metal ion leaching amount is increased.
Further, the organic acid solution in the step (4) is at least one of oxalic acid, formic acid, benzoic acid and acetic acid.
Further, the organic acid in the step (4) is a mixed solution of oxalic acid, formic acid and benzoic acid, and the volume ratio of the oxalic acid, the formic acid and the benzoic acid is 2:1: 1.
In the scheme, the organic acid is oxalic acid, formic acid, benzoic acid and acetic acid, the acidity of the organic acid is gradually increased, and the organic acid is adopted for dissolving, so that toxic substances can be avoided, waste liquid can not be generated, and the pollution to the environment is reduced.
Further, in the step (4), the solution is dissolved at 50-60 ℃.
In the above-described aspect, the solubility of the metal ions in the positive electrode active material increases with an increase in temperature, and the solubility of the metal ions is the greatest when the temperature is 50 to 60 ℃.
Further, the reducing agent in the step (4) is at least one of acetaldehyde, glucose, aniline and ethanol.
Further, the volume ratio of the reducing agent to the organic acid dissolving solution in the step (4) is 1: 18-22.
According to the scheme, acetaldehyde, glucose, aniline and ethanol are added as reducing agents, so that the reaction can be promoted to be carried out in the forward direction, and the dissolution rate of metal ions is effectively increased.
Further, in the step (7), the pH value is adjusted to be neutral by using an organic acid.
Further, the co-firing temperature in the step (8) is 500-.
Further, the calcination temperature in the step (8) was 800 ℃.
In the scheme, the two precipitates are fully fused by co-firing in the scheme to form the ternary material.
Further, in the step (8), the ternary precursor precipitation and the lithium carbonate precipitation are carried out according to the proportion of 1: mixing at a ratio of 1-1.2.
Further, in the step (8), the ternary precursor precipitate and the lithium carbonate precipitate are mixed according to the proportion of 1: 1.08.
The beneficial effects produced by the invention are as follows:
1. the method solves the problem that the positive active substance and the aluminum foil can not be completely separated in the recovery of the waste lithium ion battery, avoids the subsequent aluminum impurity removal problem caused by the aluminum entering the organic acid leaching solution, and improves the purity of the regenerated ternary precursor.
2. According to the method, the organic acid solution is used as the leaching solution, and reducing agents such as acetaldehyde, glucose and ethanol are added, so that metal ions can be leached to a greater extent, the generation of toxic gas in the inorganic acid leaching process is avoided, the corrosion to equipment is small, and the formed waste liquid is easier to treat.
3. The method has the advantages of low recovery cost, simple operation, easy realization of large-scale industrial production and no secondary pollution in the recovery process.
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Example 1
A method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery (to below 2.0V), cutting the aluminum plastic film shell, and removing materials such as a positive plate, a negative plate, a diaphragm and the like;
(2) placing the positive plate in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran and acetone (v: v ═ 2:1) and carrying out ultrasonic oscillation for 2h under the condition of 35Hz to thoroughly separate a positive active substance from an aluminum foil;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance with ultrapure water for 3 times, filtering, and drying at 60 deg.C for 8 hr;
(4) dissolving a positive electrode active substance in a mixed solution of oxalic acid, formic acid and benzoic acid (v: v: v is 2:1:1) at 50 ℃ for 2 hours, and then adding a glucose solution with the mass fraction of 2.5%, wherein the volume ratio of the glucose solution to the mixed acid solution is 1:18, so as to form a metal ion solution;
(5) filtering a small amount of undissolved residues in the metal ion solution, and then supplementing and adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution to obtain a metal ion salt solution, so that n (Ni), n (Co), and (Mn) in the final solution are 5:2: 3;
(6) adding a metal ion salt solution and a 2mol/L sodium hydroxide solution into a reaction kettle paved with 0.2mol/L ammonia water base solution by using a peristaltic pump at the speed of 2ml/min in parallel, wherein the volume ratio of the metal ion salt solution to the ammonia water to the sodium hydroxide is 1:1:2, adjusting the pH of the solution to be 11, stirring at the rotating speed of 800rpm, carrying out coprecipitation reaction to obtain a ternary precursor, washing the ternary precursor for 3 times by using ultrapure water, and drying the ternary precursor for 10 hours at the temperature of 60 ℃;
(7) adjusting the pH of the lithium-containing solution remained in the step (6) to be neutral by oxalic acid, and adding saturated sodium carbonate solution to lead Li to be neutral+Forming lithium carbonate precipitate, stopping adding when the precipitation amount is not increased, washing the lithium carbonate by ultrapure water, performing suction filtration, and drying;
(8) and mixing the ternary precursor material with lithium carbonate according to the mass ratio of 1:1, and then roasting at 500-900 ℃ in air atmosphere to obtain the 523-type ternary cathode material.
Measuring the types and the concentrations of the metal ions in the metal ion solution in the step (5) and the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) by ICP-OES, and concretely referring to the following table 1:
TABLE 1 content of various metal ions at different stages
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Example 2
A method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery (to below 2.0V), cutting the aluminum plastic film shell, and removing materials such as a positive plate, a negative plate, a diaphragm and the like;
(2) placing the positive plate in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran and acetone (v: v ═ 2:1) and carrying out ultrasonic oscillation for 2h under the condition of 30Hz to thoroughly separate a positive active substance from an aluminum foil;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance with ultrapure water for 4 times, filtering, and drying at 80 ℃ for 8h for later use;
(4) dissolving the positive electrode active substance in a mixed solution of oxalic acid, formic acid and benzoic acid (v: v: v is 1:2:1) at 60 ℃ for 3 hours, adding 2.5% by mass of glucose, and enabling the volume ratio of the glucose solution to the mixed acid solution to be 1:20 to form a metal ion solution;
(5) filtering a small amount of undissolved residues in the metal ion solution, and then supplementing and adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution to obtain a metal ion salt solution, so that n (Ni), n (Co), and (Mn) in the final solution are 5:2: 3;
(6) adding a metal ion salt solution and a 5mol/L sodium hydroxide solution into a reaction kettle paved with 0.4mol/L ammonia water base solution by using a peristaltic pump at the speed of 2ml/min in parallel, wherein the volume ratio of the metal ion salt solution to the ammonia water to the sodium hydroxide is 1:1:2.5, adjusting the pH of the solution to 11, stirring at the rotating speed of 1200rpm, carrying out coprecipitation reaction to obtain a ternary precursor, washing the precursor for 3 times by using ultrapure water, and drying the precursor for 12 hours at the temperature of 60 ℃;
(7) adjusting the pH of the lithium-containing solution remained in the step (6) to be neutral by oxalic acid, and adding saturated sodium carbonate solution to lead Li to be+Forming lithium carbonate precipitate, stopping adding when the precipitation amount is not increased, washing the lithium carbonate by ultrapure water, performing suction filtration, and drying;
(8) and roasting the ternary precursor material and lithium carbonate at the mass ratio of 1:1.05 at 900 ℃ in an air atmosphere to obtain the 523-type ternary cathode material.
Measuring the types and the concentrations of the metal ions in the metal ion solution in the step (5) and the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) by ICP-OES, and concretely referring to the following table 2:
TABLE 2 content of various metal ions at different stages
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Example 3
A method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery (to below 2.0V), cutting the aluminum plastic film shell, and removing materials such as a positive plate, a negative plate, a diaphragm and the like;
(2) placing the positive plate in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran and acetone (v: v ═ 2:1) and carrying out ultrasonic oscillation for 2h under the condition of 32Hz to thoroughly separate a positive active substance from an aluminum foil;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance with ultrapure water for 4 times, filtering, and drying at 70 deg.C for 12 h;
(4) dissolving the positive electrode active substance in a mixed solution of oxalic acid, benzoic acid and acetic acid (v: v: v: 2:1:1) at 60 ℃ for 3 hours, adding 2.5% by mass of glucose, and enabling the volume ratio of the glucose solution to the mixed acid solution to be 1:22 to form a metal ion solution;
(5) filtering a small amount of undissolved residues in the metal ion solution, and then supplementing and adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution to obtain a metal ion salt solution, wherein n (Ni), n (Co), and (Mn) are 5:2:3 in the final solution;
(6) adding a metal ion salt solution and a 4mol/L sodium hydroxide solution into a reaction kettle paved with 0.3mol/L ammonia water base solution by using a peristaltic pump at the speed of 2ml/min in parallel, wherein the volume ratio of the metal ion salt solution to the ammonia water to the sodium hydroxide is 1:1:2, adjusting the pH of the solution to 11, stirring at the rotating speed of 1200rpm, carrying out coprecipitation reaction to obtain a ternary precursor, washing the precursor for 3 times by using ultrapure water, and drying the precursor for 12 hours at the temperature of 60 ℃;
(7) adjusting the pH of the lithium-containing solution remained in the step (6) to be neutral by oxalic acid, and adding saturated sodium carbonate solution to lead Li to be+Forming lithium carbonate precipitate, stopping adding when the precipitation amount is not increased, washing the lithium carbonate by ultrapure water, performing suction filtration, and drying;
(8) and roasting the ternary precursor material and lithium carbonate at the mass ratio of 1:1.08 at 800 ℃ in an air atmosphere to obtain the 523-type ternary cathode material.
Measuring the types and the concentrations of the metal ions in the metal ion solution in the step (5) and the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) by ICP-OES, and concretely referring to the following table 3:
TABLE 3 content of various metal ions at different stages
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Example 4
A method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery (to below 2.0V), cutting the aluminum plastic film shell, and removing materials such as a positive plate, a negative plate, a diaphragm and the like;
(2) placing the positive plate in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran and acetone (v: v ═ 2:1) and carrying out ultrasonic oscillation for 2h under the condition of 35Hz to thoroughly separate a positive active substance from an aluminum foil;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance with ultrapure water for 4 times, filtering, and drying at 80 ℃ for 10h for later use;
(4) dissolving the positive electrode active substance in a mixed solution of oxalic acid, benzoic acid and acetic acid (v: v: v ═ 1:2:1) at 55 ℃ for 3 hours, adding 2.5% by mass of glucose, and enabling the volume ratio of the glucose solution to the mixed acid solution to be 1:20 to form a metal ion solution;
(5) filtering a small amount of undissolved residues in the metal ion solution, and then supplementing and adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution to obtain a metal ion salt solution, so that n (Ni), n (Co), and (Mn) in the final solution are 5:2: 3;
(6) adding a metal ion salt solution and a 3mol/L sodium hydroxide solution into a reaction kettle paved with 0.4mol/L ammonia water base solution by using a peristaltic pump at the speed of 2ml/min in parallel, adjusting the pH of the solution to 11, stirring at the rotating speed of 1200rpm, carrying out coprecipitation reaction to obtain a ternary precursor, washing the precursor for 3 times by using ultrapure water, and drying at the temperature of 60 ℃ for 12 hours;
(7) adjusting the pH of the lithium-containing solution remained in the step (6) to be neutral by oxalic acid, and adding saturated sodium carbonate solution to lead Li to be+Forming lithium carbonate precipitate, stopping adding when the precipitation amount is not increased, washing the lithium carbonate by ultrapure water, performing suction filtration, and drying;
(8) and roasting the ternary precursor material and lithium carbonate at the mass ratio of 1:1.01 in an air atmosphere at 800 ℃ to obtain the 523-type ternary cathode material.
Measuring the types and the concentrations of the metal ions in the metal ion solution in the step (5) and the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) by ICP-OES, and concretely referring to the following table 4:
TABLE 4 content of various metal ions at different stages
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Example 5
A method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery (to below 2.0V), cutting the aluminum plastic film shell, and removing materials such as a positive plate, a negative plate, a diaphragm and the like;
(2) placing the positive plate in a mixed solvent of dimethylformamide and tetramethylurea (v: v ═ 2:1) and carrying out ultrasonic oscillation for 1-2h under the condition of 33Hz to thoroughly separate a positive active substance from an aluminum foil;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance with ultrapure water for 4 times, filtering, and drying at 75 ℃ for 12h for later use;
(4) dissolving the positive electrode active substance in a solution of formic acid, benzoic acid and acetic acid (v: v: v ═ 2:2:1) at 60 ℃ for 3 hours, adding an ethanol solution with the mass fraction of 2.5%, wherein the volume ratio of the ethanol solution to the mixed acid solution is 1:20, and forming a metal ion solution;
(5) filtering undissolved residues in the metal ion solution, and then supplementing and adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution to obtain a metal ion salt solution, so that n (Ni), n (Co), and (Mn) in the final solution are 5:2: 3;
(6) adding a metal ion salt solution and a 5mol/L sodium hydroxide solution into a reaction kettle paved with 0.4mol/L ammonia water base solution by using a peristaltic pump at the speed of 2ml/min in parallel, wherein the volume ratio of the metal ion salt solution to the ammonia water to the sodium hydroxide is 1:1:2, adjusting the pH of the solution to 11, stirring at the rotating speed of 1000rpm, carrying out coprecipitation reaction to obtain a ternary precursor, washing the precursor for 3 times by using ultrapure water, and drying at the temperature of 60 ℃ for 12 hours;
(7) adjusting the pH of the lithium-containing solution remained in the step (6) to be neutral by oxalic acid, and adding saturated sodium carbonate solution to lead Li to be+Forming lithium carbonate precipitate, stopping adding when the precipitation amount is not increased, washing the lithium carbonate by ultrapure water, performing suction filtration, and drying;
(8) and roasting the ternary precursor material and lithium carbonate at the mass ratio of 1:1.05 at 900 ℃ in an air atmosphere to obtain the 523-type ternary cathode material.
Measuring the types and concentrations of the metal ions in the metal ion solution in the step (5) and the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) by ICP-OES, and concretely referring to Table 5:
TABLE 5 content of various metal ions at different stages
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Example 6
A method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery comprises the following steps:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery (to below 2.0V), cutting the aluminum plastic film shell, and removing materials such as a positive plate, a negative plate, a diaphragm and the like;
(2) placing the positive plate in a mixed solvent of tetrahydrofuran and acetone (v: v ═ 2:1) and carrying out ultrasonic oscillation for 2h under the condition of 35Hz to thoroughly separate a positive active substance from an aluminum foil;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance with ultrapure water for 4 times, filtering, and drying at 80 deg.C for 8-12 h;
(4) dissolving the positive electrode active substance in a mixed solution of formic acid, benzoic acid and acetic acid (v: v: v ═ 3:1:1) at 60 ℃ for 3 hours, adding an ethanol solution with the mass fraction of 2.5%, wherein the volume ratio of the ethanol solution to the mixed acid solution is 1:20, and forming a metal ion solution;
(5) filtering undissolved residues in the metal ion solution, and then supplementing and adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution to obtain a metal ion salt solution, so that n (Ni), n (Co), and (Mn) in the final solution are 5:2: 3;
(6) adding a metal ion salt solution and a 5mol/L sodium hydroxide solution into a reaction kettle paved with 0.4mol/L ammonia water base solution by using a peristaltic pump at the speed of 2ml/min in parallel, wherein the volume ratio of the metal ion salt solution to the ammonia water to the sodium hydroxide is 1:1:2, adjusting the pH of the solution to be 11, stirring at the rotating speed of 1200rpm, carrying out coprecipitation reaction to obtain a ternary precursor, washing the precursor for 3 times by using ultrapure water, and drying the precursor for 10-12h at the temperature of 60 ℃;
(7) adjusting the pH of the lithium-containing solution remained in the step (6) to be neutral by oxalic acid, and adding saturated sodium carbonate solution to lead Li to be+Forming lithium carbonate precipitate, stopping adding when the precipitation amount is not increased, washing the lithium carbonate by ultrapure water, performing suction filtration, and drying;
(8) and roasting the ternary precursor material and lithium carbonate at the mass ratio of 1:1.07 at 700 ℃ in an air atmosphere to obtain the 523-type ternary cathode material.
Measuring the types and the concentrations of the metal ions in the metal ion solution in the step (5) and the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) by ICP-OES, and concretely referring to the following table 6:
TABLE 6 content of various metal ions at different stages
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The data in tables 1-6 show that the nickel, cobalt and manganese elements in the anode material can be effectively extracted according to the method in the application, the content of iron impurities in the extract is low, and the content of iron impurities in the ternary precursor precipitate generated after the precipitation reaction is extremely low, so that the requirement of raw materials for preparing the nickel, cobalt and manganese ternary battery is met.

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1. A method for preparing a nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing a waste lithium ion battery is characterized by comprising the following steps of:
(1) discharging the waste lithium ion battery, and detaching a positive plate;
(2) placing the positive plate in the step (1) in an organic solvent for ultrasonic oscillation, and separating a positive active substance;
(3) cleaning the positive active substance in the step (2) by using ultrapure water, and then carrying out suction filtration and drying;
(4) dissolving the dried positive active substance in the step (3) by using an organic acid solution, and then adding a reducing agent into the solution to form a metal ion solution;
(5) adding a nickel sulfate solution, a cobalt sulfate solution and a manganese sulfate solution into the metal ion solution obtained in the step (4) to obtain a salt solution;
(6) adding a sodium hydroxide solution and ammonia water into the salt solution obtained in the step (5) at the same time, adjusting the pH value of the mixed solution to be alkaline, generating a ternary precursor precipitate, and separating and drying the ternary precursor precipitate;
(7) adjusting the residual salt solution in the step (6) to be neutral, adding a sodium carbonate solution into the neutral salt solution to generate a lithium carbonate precipitate, and separating and drying the lithium carbonate precipitate;
(8) and (4) co-firing the ternary precursor precipitate in the step (6) and the lithium carbonate precipitate in the step (7) to obtain the lithium carbonate lithium secondary battery.
2. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries according to claim 1, wherein the organic solvent in the step (2) is at least one of tetrahydrofuran, dimethylformamide, tetramethylurea, trimethyl phosphate and acetone.
3. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the organic solvent in the step (2) is a mixture of tetrahydrofuran and acetone, and the volume ratio of the tetrahydrofuran to the acetone is 2-2.5: 1.
4. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries as claimed in claim 1, wherein in the step (2), the ultrasonic oscillation is carried out for 1-2h at the frequency of 30-35 Hz.
5. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drying temperature in the step (3) is 60-80 ℃, and the drying time is 8-12 h.
6. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries as claimed in claim 1, wherein the organic acid solution in the step (4) is at least one of oxalic acid, formic acid, benzoic acid and acetic acid.
7. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by utilizing the waste lithium ion batteries as claimed in claim 1 or 6, wherein the organic acid in the step (4) is a mixed solution of oxalic acid, formic acid and benzoic acid, and the volume ratio of the oxalic acid, the formic acid and the benzoic acid is 1-2:1-2: 1-2.
8. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positive active material in the step (4) is dissolved in organic acid at 50-60 ℃.
9. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries according to claim 1, wherein the reducing agent in the step (4) is at least one of acetaldehyde, glucose, aniline and ethanol.
10. The method for preparing the nickel-cobalt-manganese ternary material by using the waste lithium ion batteries as claimed in claim 1, wherein the volume ratio of the reducing agent to the organic acid solution in the step (4) is 1: 18-22.
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