WO2012102384A1 - 有価金属の浸出方法及びこの浸出方法を用いた有価金属の回収方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a method of leaching valuable metals which leaches valuable metals efficiently from the positive electrode of a lithium ion battery and leaches valuable metals at a high leaching rate, and a method of recovering valuable metals using this leaching method.
- a secondary battery for storing electric power is expected, and from the standpoint of preventing air pollution, early commercialization of a large secondary battery as a power source for automobiles is expected.
- small secondary batteries are also used as backup power supplies for computers etc. and power supplies for small household appliances, and demand is steadily increasing year by year, especially with the spread and performance improvement of electric devices such as digital cameras and mobile phones. It is in.
- This lithium ion battery is prepared by using a negative electrode material in which a negative electrode active material such as graphite is fixed to a negative electrode substrate made of copper foil in a metal outer can such as aluminum or iron, a lithium nickelate A positive electrode material on which a positive electrode active material such as lithium cobaltate is fixed, a current collector made of aluminum or copper, a resin film separator such as a porous film of polypropylene, an electrolytic solution, an electrolyte and the like are enclosed.
- a negative electrode active material such as graphite is fixed to a negative electrode substrate made of copper foil in a metal outer can such as aluminum or iron, a lithium nickelate
- a positive electrode material on which a positive electrode active material such as lithium cobaltate is fixed a current collector made of aluminum or copper, a resin film separator such as a porous film of polypropylene, an electrolytic solution, an electrolyte and the like are enclosed.
- the method of dry treatment or incineration has a disadvantage that consumption of heat energy is large and lithium (Li) or aluminum (Al) can not be recovered. There is also the problem of the purity of the recovered metal, making it difficult to reuse in lithium ion batteries. In addition, when lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF 6 ) is contained as the electrolyte, there is also a problem that the consumption of the furnace material is remarkable.
- the positive electrode active material can be regenerated into metal Ni, Co, a compound, or a battery material by dissolving and purifying the positive electrode active material by wet treatment.
- a total dissolution method has been proposed in which all dismantled products of lithium ion batteries are dissolved using an acid solution or the like to recover valuable metals.
- chemicals are consumed by elements such as aluminum, copper (Cu), iron (Fe), etc., which are present in large excess, and nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), lithium etc. It was not economical to recover metals effectively.
- a wet treatment by a selective peeling method has been proposed in which a positive electrode material is selectively peeled from a lithium ion battery and valuable metals are efficiently recovered from the positive electrode material.
- the selective peeling method of the positive electrode material it is general to first perform the chemical treatment first to peel the positive electrode active material containing valuable metals from the positive electrode substrate (positive electrode foil) (Al or the like).
- the treatment for peeling the positive electrode substrate peels the positive electrode active material from the positive electrode substrate using an acidic or alkaline solution.
- the exfoliated positive electrode active material contains trivalent Ni and Co.
- the present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and provides a method for leaching valuable metals and a method for recovering valuable metals which can efficiently carry out leaching of valuable metals at a high leaching rate.
- the purpose is
- the method for leaching valuable metals according to the present invention for achieving the above-described object is a method for leaching valuable metals contained in a positive electrode material of a lithium ion battery, which comprises: It is characterized in that the positive electrode material is immersed with a metal having a proper reduction potential to leach valuable metals from the positive electrode active material.
- a method for recovering valuable metals according to the present invention for achieving the above-mentioned object is a method for recovering valuable metals contained in a positive electrode material of a lithium ion battery, which comprises reducing hydrogen in an acidic solution.
- a positive electrode material is immersed with a metal having a reduction potential lower than the potential, and the method further comprises a leaching step of leaching valuable metals from the positive electrode active material.
- FIG. 1 is a view showing steps of a method of recovering valuable metals from a lithium ion battery according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing steps of a method of recovering valuable metals from a lithium ion battery according to a second embodiment.
- FIG. 3 is a graph showing the transition of the cobalt concentration in the reaction solution with respect to the added amount of sulfurizing agent when the pH at the time of sulfurization reaction is changed.
- FIG. 4 is a graph showing the transition of the concentration of nickel and cobalt with the addition amount of the sulfurizing agent (Na 2 S) added in the sulfurization reaction.
- the present invention effectively decomposes the compound constituting the positive electrode active material when leaching the positive electrode active material exfoliated and collected from a lithium ion battery with an acidic solution, efficiently removing valuable metals from the positive electrode active material and having a high leaching rate Method to collect
- leaching of the positive electrode active material containing valuable metals from the solid state to the liquid state, ie, the metal ion state is one of the main chemical treatments.
- an acidic solution such as sulfuric acid is used, and it is necessary to decompose a compound such as LiCoO 2 or LiNiO 2 which is a positive electrode active material.
- the negative electrode powder or the like which is the additive thereof, has a weak reducing power in the discharged state, and can not effectively and rapidly decompose the compound constituting the positive electrode active material. As a result, The valuable metals could not be efficiently obtained, and the leaching rate could not be increased.
- a metal having a high reduction effect that is, a metal having a reduction potential lower than the reduction potential of hydrogen is added.
- a compound such as LiCoO 2 or LiNiO 2 contained in the positive electrode active material can be decomposed effectively and rapidly, and leaching of valuable metals from the positive electrode active material can be performed efficiently at a high leaching rate.
- metals such as nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and aluminum (Al) can be used as the metal to be added in the leaching treatment.
- metals such as nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and aluminum (Al) can be used as the metal to be added in the leaching treatment.
- metals such as nickel (Ni), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and aluminum (Al) can be used as the metal to be added in the leaching treatment.
- Al aluminum
- nickel metal porous nickel plate, reduced roasted powder
- Ni-MH nickel-hydrogen
- the second embodiment describes the case where nickel metal recovered from a nickel-hydrogen battery is used.
- the valuable metals when leaching valuable metals from the positive electrode active material of the positive electrode material constituting the lithium ion battery by wet processing, the valuable metals are not added to the reducing agent, or the valuable metals are in an acidic solution with a small amount of reducing agent. Solution to leach out valuable metals from the positive electrode active material.
- This method of leaching valuable metals can reduce the amount of chemicals used, reduce costs, and efficiently recover valuable metals.
- the positive electrode substrate is used as a reducing agent by dissolving together a positive electrode active material containing lithium, nickel and cobalt and a positive electrode substrate formed of aluminum foil or the like in an acidic solution in a wet process. Since it can be used, the positive electrode active material can be reduced by the reducing power of the positive electrode substrate. Thus, in the first embodiment, the valuable metal can be used as the metal ion even if the reducing agent is not added separately or the amount of the reducing agent added separately is much smaller than in the prior art.
- the positive electrode material of a lithium ion battery is immersed in an acidic solution, the positive electrode active material and the positive electrode substrate to which the positive electrode active material is fixed are dissolved together, and valuable metals are removed from the positive electrode active material. It has a leaching step to leach.
- the positive electrode active material is, for example, LiCoO 2 , LiNiO 2 or the like, and contains a valuable metal such as nickel (Ni) or cobalt (Co).
- the positive electrode substrate is an aluminum foil or the like.
- the positive electrode material can be made into a clean raw material by pretreatment such as screen sorting.
- the recovery method for recovering the valuable metal includes a crushing and crushing step S1, a washing step S2, a leaching step S3, and a sulfurizing step S4.
- a crushing and crushing step S1 a washing step S2, a leaching step S3, and a sulfurizing step S4.
- the collection method of the valuable metal from a lithium ion battery it is not restricted to these processes, It can change suitably.
- the harmlessized battery is disassembled into an appropriate size using a normal crusher or a crusher.
- the outer can be cut to separate and disassemble the positive electrode material, the negative electrode material and the like inside, in this case, it is preferable to further cut each separated portion into an appropriate size.
- the washing step S2 the battery disassembled product obtained through the crushing and crushing step S1 is washed with alcohol or water to remove the electrolytic solution and the electrolyte.
- the lithium ion battery contains an organic solvent such as ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, diethyl carbonate, dimethyl carbonate or the like, and an electrolyte such as lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF 6 ).
- Alcohol or water is used to wash the battery disassembled material, and the battery disassembled material is charged preferably at a rate of 10 to 300 g / l and shaken or stirred to remove organic components and electrolytes.
- the alcohol ethanol, methanol, isopropyl alcohol, and a mixture thereof are preferable.
- carbonates constituting the battery material are generally insoluble in water, ethylene carbonate is optionally soluble in water, and other organic components also have some solubility in water, so they can be washed with water as well. .
- the amount of the battery disassembled to alcohol or water is not economical if it is less than 10 g / l, and if it is more than 300 g / l, the battery disassembled is bulky and difficult to clean.
- washing solution may be changed repeatedly, for example, washing first with only alcohol and then washing again with water.
- phosphorus, fluorine and the like derived from the organic component and the electrolyte can be removed to such an extent that the subsequent steps are not affected.
- the positive electrode active material is fixed to the positive electrode substrate, that is, the positive electrode material is immersed in the acidic solution, and dissolution of the positive electrode substrate using the acidic solution and the positive electrode active material Simultaneously leach out metal ions to make a slurry.
- the acid solution contains aluminum or the like of the positive electrode substrate having a high reduction effect, compounds such as LiCoO 2 or LiNiO 2 of the positive electrode active material can be effectively and rapidly decomposed into metal ions.
- the leaching rate of valuable metals such as nickel and cobalt in the positive electrode active material can be improved.
- the acidic solution in addition to mineral acids such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid and hydrochloric acid, organic acids and the like can be used. Among them, it is preferable to use a sulfuric acid solution industrially from the viewpoints of cost, working environment and recovery of nickel, cobalt and the like from the leaching solution.
- the concentration of mineral acid and organic acid As the conditions for leaching, optimum parameters exist for the concentration of mineral acid and organic acid, temperature, slurry concentration, stirring strength etc., and it is necessary to select parameters to avoid unreasonable conditions that require a long time for processing. is there.
- the sulfuric acid concentration is 0.5 to 10 mol / l
- the pH of the acidic solution is 0 to 1
- the temperature is 40 ° C. to less than 100 ° C.
- the slurry concentration is 10 to 300 g / l
- stirring The strength should be such that all active materials in the container are convective.
- the sulfuric acid concentration is preferably 0.5 to 10 mol / l, and the higher the concentration, the faster the dissolution reaction of the positive electrode active material or the positive electrode substrate. If it exceeds 4 mol / l, crystals of nickel sulfate (NiSO 4 ) It becomes easy to be generated. Therefore, the concentration of sulfuric acid is most preferably 4 mol / l.
- the pH of the sulfuric acid solution is preferably 0 to 1.
- ORP redox potential
- the pH of the sulfuric acid solution increases as the dissolution reaction of the positive electrode active material proceeds, it is preferable to supplement the sulfuric acid also during the reaction to maintain the pH at about 0 to 1.
- the pH of the sulfuric acid solution is higher than 1, the positive electrode substrate is inactivated and the ORP is increased.
- the temperature is preferably 40.degree. C. to less than 100.degree. C., and more preferably 70.degree. C. to 80.degree. If the temperature of the sulfuric acid solution is lower than 40 ° C., the dissolution rate will be slow.
- the slurry concentration is preferably 10 to 300 g / l.
- the slurry concentration is lower than 10 g / l, the amount of liquid to be treated increases and the treatment becomes inefficient, and when it is higher than 300 g / l, it is difficult to obtain a uniform slurry due to sedimentation or the like. And the uniformity of the slurry becomes a problem. Therefore, it is preferable to set the slurry concentration to 10 to 300 g / l.
- a reducing agent may be separately added if the reducing power necessary to leach the valuable metal is insufficient. Even when a reducing agent is added separately, as described above, since the positive electrode substrate is used as a reducing agent, almost all valuable metals can be leached from the positive electrode active material only by adding a small amount.
- the reducing agent to be added separately the same aluminum etc. as the positive electrode substrate is preferable, and a conventionally used sulfurized sodium etc. may be used.
- the positive electrode substrate can be used as a reducing agent, it is not necessary to add a reducing agent separately, or even if a reducing agent is added separately, aluminum etc. Since valuable metals can be leached with inexpensive reductants, it is possible not to use the reductant with the highest cost impact, or to greatly reduce the amount used, and rationalize the work and other alkaline solutions etc. The amount of medicine used can also be reduced.
- the leachate obtained through the leaching process S3 is introduced into a reaction vessel, and a sulfurization reaction is caused by the addition of a sulfurizing agent to form a nickel-cobalt mixed sulfide. Recover valuable metals nickel and cobalt from lithium ion batteries.
- a sulfurizing agent hydrogen sulfide gas, alkali sulfides such as sodium sulfide and sodium hydrogen sulfide can be used.
- impurities contained in the leaching solution for example, a positive electrode substrate remaining without being dissolved may be removed by pretreatment such as screen separation.
- a nickel ion (or cobalt ion) contained in the solution is a sulfide by a sulfidation reaction with an alkali sulfide according to the following formula (1), (2) or (3) It becomes.
- the addition amount of the sulfiding agent in the sulfidation step S4 is preferably, for example, 1.0 equivalent or more with respect to the content of nickel and cobalt in the solution.
- the concentration of nickel and cobalt in the solution can be made 0.001 g / l or less by setting the addition amount of the sulfiding agent to 0.1 equivalent or more.
- the pH of the solution used for the sulfurization reaction in the sulfurization step S4 is preferably about pH 2 to 4.
- the temperature of the sulfurizing reaction in the sulfurizing step S4 is not particularly limited, but is preferably 0 to 90 ° C., and more preferably about 25 ° C. When the temperature is higher than 90 ° C., there are many economic problems such as the cost for raising the temperature.
- nickel and cobalt contained in the positive electrode active material of a lithium ion battery can be recovered as nickel / cobalt sulfide (sulfide sulfide) by a sulfurization reaction.
- the nickel-cobalt sulfide can be separated and recovered from the impurities, and the impurities are contained in the waste liquid.
- impurities such as aluminum, copper, iron, chromium and the like derived from the positive electrode contained in the leachate obtained through the leaching step S3 are extracted between the leaching step S3 and the sulfurizing step S4.
- a neutralization step may be provided to separate and recover as a precipitate.
- neutralizing agent general agents such as soda ash, slaked lime, sodium hydroxide and the like can be used, and these agents are inexpensive and easy to handle.
- the pH of the solution is preferably adjusted to 3.0 to 5.5 by adding the neutralizing agent described above. If the pH is less than 3.0, aluminum and copper can not be separated and recovered as deposits. On the other hand, when the pH is more than 5.5, nickel and cobalt are simultaneously precipitated, and it is not preferable because it is contained in the precipitate of aluminum and copper and becomes loss. In addition, even when iron is contained in the solution as another element, it can be separated in the deposit simultaneously with aluminum and copper.
- the neutralization step since the positive electrode material is immersed in the acidic solution in the above-mentioned leaching step S3, aluminum, copper, iron, chromium and the like contained in the positive electrode active material are contained in the leachate, but It can remove before performing sulfurization process S4 which recovers valuable metals. By performing the neutralization step, it is possible to further prevent the contamination of the recovered material with impurities when recovering the valuable metal.
- the positive electrode substrate as well as the positive electrode active material is immersed in the acidic solution and dissolved together, thereby aluminum of the positive electrode substrate is obtained.
- valuable metals can be leached from the positive electrode active material such as LiCoO 2 or LiNiO 2 .
- pretreatment for separating the positive electrode substrate from the positive electrode active material as in the prior art is not performed, and leaching work of valuable metals can be rationalized. And valuable metals can be recovered efficiently.
- this valuable metal recovery step it is not necessary to separately add a reducing agent by using the positive electrode substrate as a reducing agent, or in the case of separately adding a reducing agent, a smaller amount of reducing agent than in the prior art is required.
- Valuable metals can be leached only by adding.
- the chemicals necessary for leaching valuable metals are mainly an acidic solution and a reducing agent to be added as needed, without using the most cost-effective reducing agent The cost can be reduced because the amount used can be significantly reduced and the amount of other chemicals such as alkaline solutions can also be reduced.
- the compound constituting the positive electrode active material when the positive electrode active material exfoliated and collected from a lithium ion battery is leached by an acidic solution, the compound constituting the positive electrode active material is effectively decomposed, and the leaching rate of valuable metals from the positive electrode active material To improve the recovery rate of valuable metals.
- the method of recovering valuable metals from a lithium ion battery includes crushing and crushing step S11, washing step S12, positive electrode active material peeling step S13, leaching step S14, rare earth element removing step S15, and neutralization step It has S16 and sulfurization process S17.
- the collection method of the valuable metal from a lithium ion battery it is not restricted to these processes, It can change suitably.
- the crushing and crushing step S11 and the cleaning step S12 are the same as the crushing and crushing step S1 and the cleaning step S2 in the above-described first embodiment, and thus detailed description will be omitted.
- organic components, phosphorus (P), fluorine (F) and the like are contained in the leaching solution in the positive electrode active material peeling step S13 described later by removing the electrolytic solution and the electrolyte beforehand in the washing step S12. It can prevent mixing as an impurity.
- the cathode active material peeling step S13 the battery disassembled product obtained through the washing step S12 is immersed in an acidic solution such as a sulfuric acid aqueous solution or a surfactant solution to obtain the cathode substrate
- an acidic solution such as a sulfuric acid aqueous solution or a surfactant solution
- the positive electrode active material is peeled off and separated.
- the positive electrode active material adheres to the aluminum foil which is the positive electrode substrate even after disassembly of the battery, but in this positive electrode active material peeling step S13, the disassembled battery is put into an acidic solution such as a sulfuric acid aqueous solution or surfactant solution and stirred.
- the positive electrode active material and the aluminum foil can be separated in the solid state.
- the positive electrode active material it is preferable to peel off the positive electrode active material by immersing the battery disassembled product in a surfactant solution and mechanically stirring it. As a result, elution of valuable metals contained in the positive electrode active material into the solution can be suppressed, and recovery loss of valuable metals can be eliminated.
- all of the battery disassembled product may be immersed in the aqueous sulfuric acid solution or the surfactant solution, or only the positive electrode material may be selected from the battery disassembled material and immersed.
- the pH of the acidic solution is controlled in the range of pH 0 to 3, preferably pH 1 to 2.
- the pH of the aqueous sulfuric acid solution is less than 0, both the aluminum foil and the positive electrode active material are eluted because the sulfuric acid concentration is too high, and it becomes difficult to separate them.
- the pH exceeds 3 the elution of the adhered portion does not proceed because the sulfuric acid concentration is too low, and the exfoliation of the positive electrode active material becomes incomplete.
- the amount of the battery disassembled to the aqueous sulfuric acid solution is suitably 10 to 100 g / l.
- the lithium ion battery is disassembled by crushing or the like, since the positive electrode material and the negative electrode material are generally in the form of thin sections, they may be added to the aqueous sulfuric acid solution as they are. It is preferable to cut into 30 mm square or less. This enables efficient separation.
- Nonionic surfactant when using surfactant, it does not specifically limit as a kind of surfactant to be used, Nonionic surfactant, anionic surfactant, etc. can be used, 1 type of them individually or 2 More than species can be used in combination.
- the nonionic surfactant include polyoxyethylene octyl phenyl ether, polyoxyethylene nononyl phenyl ether, polyoxyethylene lauryl ether and the like.
- alkyl diphenyl ether disulfonate and its salt bis naphthalene sulfonate and its salt, polyoxyalkyl sulfosuccinic acid ester and its salt, sulfuric acid ester of polyoxyethylene phenyl ether and its salt , Etc.
- nonionic surfactants having a polyoxyalkylene ether group can be suitably used.
- the amount of surfactant added is preferably 1.5% by weight to 10% by weight.
- the positive electrode active material can be peeled and recovered so as to have a high recovery rate. Further, by setting the addition amount to 10% by weight or less, the positive electrode active material can be efficiently peeled without economical loss. Further, the pH of the surfactant solution is neutral.
- the separation time of the positive electrode active material in the positive electrode active material peeling step S13 varies depending on the concentration of the aqueous sulfuric acid solution and the surfactant solution, the input amount and size of the battery disassembled material including the positive electrode material, etc. It is preferable to keep the
- the disassembled battery after completion of the positive electrode active material peeling step is sieved to recover the positive electrode active material such as lithium nickelate and lithium cobaltate separated from the positive electrode substrate, and materials attached thereto.
- positive electrode active material such as lithium nickelate and lithium cobaltate
- negative electrode powder such as graphite which is a negative electrode active material, and materials attached thereto are also recovered.
- metal ions such as nickel and cobalt are leached from the peeled and collected positive electrode active material using an acidic solution to form a slurry.
- a metal having a high reduction effect that is, a metal having a potential lower than hydrogen is added.
- nickel metal porous nickel plate, reduced roasted powder recovered from a nickel-hydrogen battery
- nickel metal recovered from the nickel-hydrogen battery it is possible to save the reagent for decomposition of the positive electrode active material without separately preparing a new reducing agent other than the battery material.
- metal part of the nickel-hydrogen battery which is the same battery to be recycled it is possible to efficiently decompose the valuable metal-containing compound without causing contamination and without impairing the economy.
- the addition amount of the nickel metal recovered from the nickel-hydrogen battery is preferably 0.5 to 2.0 times the molar amount of the positive electrode active material to be dissolved. Further, it is preferable to adjust by adding nickel metal or blowing in air or oxygen so that the redox potential (ORP) (reference electrode: silver / silver chloride electrode) is in the range of ⁇ 100 to 550 mV.
- ORP redox potential
- the nickel metal can be effectively dissolved by adding the nickel metal while adjusting to the range of the ORP value.
- the acidic solution used to dissolve the positive electrode active material in addition to mineral acids such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid and hydrochloric acid, organic acids and the like can be used. Among them, it is preferable to use a sulfuric acid solution industrially from the viewpoints of cost, working environment and recovery of nickel, cobalt and the like from the leaching solution.
- the pH of the acidic solution to be used is preferably at most 2 or less, and in view of reactivity, it is more preferable to control to about 0.5 to 1.5. Since the pH rises as the dissolution reaction of the positive electrode active material proceeds, it is preferable to add an acid such as sulfuric acid during the reaction to maintain the pH at about 0.5 to 1.5.
- the rare earth element (RE) is precipitated and removed from the leachate obtained in the leaching step S14.
- the nickel metal recovered from the nickel-hydrogen battery added in the leaching step S14 contains a rare earth element such as lanthanum (La), cerium (Ce), or neodymium (Nd), and is added in the leaching step S14.
- These leaching solutions contain these rare earth elements.
- the rare earth elements may form a precipitate together with the nickel and cobalt and possibly impair the quality of the nickel-cobalt sulfide is there. Therefore, in the rare earth element removing step S15, a process of precipitating and removing the rare earth element from the leachate is performed. Thereby, rare earth elements can be effectively removed from the leaching solution, and valuable metals with high purity can be efficiently recovered.
- the rare earth element removing step S15 the rare earth element is made into a hardly soluble sulfuric acid double salt by adding an alkali sulfate such as sodium sulfate as a rare earth removal agent to the leaching solution.
- the following formula (4) shows the formation reaction of the hardly soluble complex salt of the rare earth element.
- RE represents a rare earth element.
- the alkali sulfate as a rare earth agent to be added is added in the form of crystals or an aqueous solution and mixed with the leachate. Moreover, it is preferable to set it as 10 times mole or more of the rare earth elements contained in a leaching solution as the addition amount.
- the pH in the reaction for forming the hardly soluble double salt of the rare earth element is preferably 0 to 4.
- the reaction for producing the hardly soluble complex salt of the rare earth element may be any reaction as long as the alkali sulfate is saturated in the liquid, and the reaction occurs without any effect when the pH is low.
- valuable metals such as nickel and cobalt form precipitates as hydroxides, resulting in recovery loss of valuable metals.
- the reaction temperature is preferably 60 to 80 ° C. If the reaction temperature is lower than 60 ° C., it may not be possible to effectively form the poorly soluble complex salt of the rare earth element with respect to the predetermined amount of alkali sulfate. On the other hand, if the reaction temperature is too high, it is costly and inefficient to raise the temperature.
- the sulfuric acid double salt precipitation (de-RE deposit) of the rare earth element is formed without precipitating nickel, cobalt, lithium, etc. which are valuable metals to be recovered.
- the rare earth element is separated and recovered by filtration.
- the solution obtained after the rare earth element removing step S15 (de-removing end solution) is then sent to the neutralization step S16.
- neutralizing agent general agents such as soda ash, slaked lime, sodium hydroxide and the like can be used, and these agents are inexpensive and easy to handle.
- the pH of the solution is preferably adjusted to 3.0 to 5.5 by adding the neutralizing agent described above. If the pH is less than 3.0, aluminum and copper can not be separated and collected as precipitates. On the other hand, when the pH is higher than 5.5, nickel and cobalt are simultaneously precipitated, and it is not preferable because it is contained in the precipitate of aluminum and copper and becomes loss. In addition, even when iron is contained in the solution as another element, it can be separated in the deposit simultaneously with aluminum and copper.
- Sulfurizing step S17 the solution obtained through the neutralization step S16 is introduced into a reaction vessel, and a sulfiding reaction is caused by adding a sulfiding agent to form a nickel-cobalt mixed sulfide. Recover valuable metals nickel and cobalt from lithium ion batteries.
- a sulfurizing agent hydrogen sulfide gas, alkali sulfides such as sodium sulfide and sodium hydrogen sulfide can be used.
- the nickel ions (or cobalt ions) contained in the solution are sulfided by the sulfidation reaction with alkali sulfide according to the following formula (5), (6) or (7) It becomes.
- the addition amount of the sulfiding agent in the sulfidation step S17 is preferably, for example, 1.0 equivalent or more with respect to the content of nickel and cobalt in the solution.
- the concentration of nickel and cobalt in the solution can be made 0.001 g / l or less by setting the addition amount of the sulfiding agent to 1.0 equivalent or more.
- the concentrations of nickel and cobalt in the leaching solution may be difficult to analyze the concentrations of nickel and cobalt in the leaching solution accurately and quickly, so even if a sulfurizing agent is added further, the fluctuation of ORP in the reaction solution disappears.
- the ORP value of the saturated sodium sulfide solution is about -200 to 400 mV, so it is preferable to add based on the ORP value. This makes it possible to ensure sulfidation of nickel and cobalt leached into the solution, and these valuable metals can be recovered with a high recovery rate.
- the temperature of the sulfurization reaction in the sulfurization step S17 is not particularly limited, but is preferably 0 to 90 ° C., and more preferably about 25 ° C. When the temperature is higher than 90 ° C., there are many economic problems such as the cost for raising the temperature.
- the leaching solution contains the rare earth element contained in the nickel metal.
- the rare earth elements lanthanum, cerium, neodymium and the like can be precipitated by collecting the sulfuric acid double salt by the sulfuric acid double salt precipitation reaction in the rare earth element removing step S15 as described above.
- yttrium (Y) does not form a double salt with alkali sulfate, and therefore precipitation can not be performed in the rare earth element removal step S15.
- yttrium of the rare earth element does not react with the sulfiding agent in this sulfidation step S17, it may form a precipitate in the form of a hydroxide, and the precipitate may be mixed with the nickel-cobalt sulfide, Impair the quality of things.
- the pH of the acidic solution used for the sulfurization reaction in the sulfurization step S17 is adjusted to the range of pH 2 to 5. If the pH is lower than 2, the formation of nickel-cobalt sulfide is incomplete due to the sulfurization reaction, and sufficient sulfide can not be obtained. On the other hand, if the pH is higher than 5, yttrium may form a precipitate in the form of hydroxide and be mixed in with sulfides. During the sulfurization reaction, sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate or the like is added to adjust the pH of the solution to a pH of 2 to 5.
- a sufficient amount of nickel is extracted from the leachate obtained by leaching nickel and cobalt at a high leaching rate by causing a sulfurization reaction while adjusting the pH in this sulfurization step S17.
- cobalt sulfide sulfide sulfide
- the metal added when leaching the positive electrode active material recovered from a lithium ion battery is not limited to nickel metal or aluminum recovered from a nickel-hydrogen battery, and nickel, iron, zinc And other metals can also be used. Moreover, it is not restricted to using a metal whose electric potential is lower than hydrogen like these, Water-soluble reducing agents, such as a sulfite with a high reduction effect, can also be used.
- hydrogen sulfide may be used as a sulfurizing agent to cause the sulfurizing reaction. That is, in the sulfurization reaction using hydrogen sulfide, the mother liquor obtained through the leaching step S4 and the leaching step S14 is introduced into a reaction vessel consisting of a pressure vessel having pressure resistance, and hydrogen sulfide in the gas phase of the reaction vessel The sulfidation gas containing B is blown in to generate a sulfidation reaction with hydrogen sulfide in the liquid phase.
- the sulfurization reaction using hydrogen sulfide is carried out according to the following equation (8) under a predetermined oxidation reduction potential depending on the hydrogen sulfide concentration in the gas phase.
- MSO 4 + H 2 S MS MS + H 2 SO 4 (8) (Note that M in the formula represents Ni and Co.)
- the pressure in the reaction vessel of the sulfurization reaction of the formula (8) is not particularly limited, but is preferably 100 to 300 kPa. Further, the temperature of the reaction is not particularly limited, but is preferably 65 to 90 ° C.
- the method of recovering valuable metals from a lithium ion battery according to the present embodiment is not limited to the method including the above-described steps, and can be appropriately changed without changing the gist of the present invention. .
- Example 1 In Example 1, valuable metals nickel and cobalt were recovered from the lithium ion battery. First, only a positive electrode substrate made of an aluminum foil to which a positive electrode active material containing nickel and cobalt was attached as a raw material, that is, a positive electrode material was cut into a size of about 1 cm square by a biaxial crusher.
- the positive electrode material was immersed in a 4 mol / l sulfuric acid solution at 80 ° C., and dissolution of the positive electrode substrate (Al) and leaching of the positive electrode active material were simultaneously performed by stirring.
- Al of the positive electrode substrate is about 10 wt% with respect to the entire positive electrode material, and 30 g of the cut positive electrode material was dissolved at 80 ° C. to make 350 ml finally.
- the Ni leaching rate in the positive electrode active material is 85.8%, and the leaching rate of Co is 87. 8% and Al were 99.7%.
- the positive electrode active material (valuable metal) which hardly leaches if a reducing agent is not supplied can reduce 85% of the reducing agent by leaching the positive electrode substrate (Al) as a reducing agent Is understood from Example 1. Since Ni is leached by about 85%, that is, reduced by about 85%, it can be said that about 85% of the reducing agent can be reduced because addition of at least that amount of reducing agent is unnecessary.
- the leaching rate was determined from ⁇ Ni in leachate, Co amount ⁇ / ⁇ (Ni, Co amount in leachate) + (Ni, Co amount remaining in residue) ⁇ .
- nickel and cobalt which could not be leached by the above treatment could all be leached by adding a small amount of sodium sulfite.
- Example 1 As described above, according to Example 1, about 85% or more of nickel and cobalt in the positive electrode active material can be leached only by the positive electrode substrate of the aluminum foil, and the remaining nickel and cobalt are leached with a small amount of sodium sulfite , The leaching rate of nickel and cobalt can be made almost 100%.
- Comparative example 1 In Comparative Example 1, the positive electrode active material (valuable metal) was leached under the same conditions as Example 1, except that the concentration of the sulfuric acid solution was set to 0.1 mol / l. Even after 2 hours, most of Al remained and was not dissolved, and leaching of the positive electrode active material (valuable metal) did not occur.
- Al of the positive electrode substrate can function as a reducing agent and leach about 85% or more of valuable metals.
- Example 2 Next, an example of the method of leaching valuable metals described in the second embodiment described above will be described.
- the slurry is filtered using a 1 ⁇ m 5 C filter paper, and the filtrate and each component in the residue are analyzed by an ICP emission spectrophotometer (SPS3000 SII Nano Technologies Co., Ltd.) to determine the leaching rate.
- the Table 1 shows the leaching rate of each element contained in the leaching solution.
- the sample was filtered, Na 2 SO 4 was added to the filtrate, and the slurry was filtered using a 1 ⁇ m mesh 5 C filter paper.
- the components in the filtrate and the residue were analyzed by an ICP emission spectrophotometer (SPS3000 SII Nano Technologies Co., Ltd.) to determine the precipitation rate.
- Table 2 shows the amount of each element contained in the leaching solution before the rare earth element removing reaction
- Table 3 shows the amount of each element contained in the leaching solution after the above-described rare earth element removing reaction (removing final solution)
- Table 4 The precipitation rate of the de-RE deposit by the rare earth element removal (de-RE) reaction is shown in FIG.
- rare earth elements other than yttrium (La, Ce, Nd) could be removed by precipitation over 95%. This is considered to be that, by adding an alkali sulfide such as sodium sulfide, only rare earth elements contained in the leaching solution could be efficiently precipitated and removed as a sulfate double salt.
- sodium sulfide (Na 2 S) as a sulfiding agent was added in an amount of 1.1 equivalents to the content of nickel and cobalt contained in the reaction final solution.
- the pH was adjusted to 4 with a 64 wt% aqueous solution of sulfuric acid (H 2 SO 4 ) during addition of the sulfiding agent. After the addition of the sulfiding agent, stirring was continued for 30 minutes while maintaining the pH at 4 to cause a sulfidation reaction.
- Table 5 shows the amount of each element contained in the reaction final solution (sulfurization final solution) at the end of the sulfurization reaction, and Table 6 shows the sulfurization precipitation rate of valuable metals formed by the sulfurization reaction. In addition, Table 7 shows analytical values of sulfide deposits formed by the sulfurization reaction.
- the rare earth elements including yttrium can be left in the final solution without being mixed into the sulfide precipitate, and a sulfide of good quality can be formed. It is considered that this is because the pH of the reaction solution could be properly managed during the sulfurization reaction.
- cobalt sulfides can be obtained by increasing the amount of Na 2 S added, regardless of whether the pH of the sulfurization reaction solution is adjusted to 2.0, 3.0, or 4.0.
- the amount of cobalt formed can be increased, and the cobalt concentration in the solution can be reduced.
- the pH of the solution is 4.0, the cobalt concentration in the solution can be reduced to 0.01 g / l or less by adding about 1.1 equivalents of Na 2 S, Almost all the cobalt in the solution could be sulfided with the added amount of sulfurizing agent less than the other pH conditions.
- the concentration of nickel and cobalt in the solution could be reduced by increasing the addition amount of the sulfurizing agent Na 2 S. Further, by setting the addition amount of Na 2 S to 1.1 equivalents, it is possible to form almost all nickel and cobalt sulfides present in the solution, and the concentration of nickel and cobalt in the solution is 0 each. It could be reduced to about .001 g / l or less.
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本出願は、日本国において平成23年1月27日に出願された日本特許出願番号特願2011-015404を基礎として優先権を主張するものであり、この出願は参照されることにより、本出願に援用される。
第1の実施の形態は、リチウムイオン電池を構成する正極材の正極活物質から有価金属を湿式処理により浸出させる際に、還元剤を添加せず又は少量の還元剤で有価金属を酸性溶液中に溶解させて、正極活物質から有価金属を浸出させる方法である。この有価金属の浸出方法は、薬品の使用量を低減でき、コストを削減でき、効率よく有価金属を回収することができるものである。
破砕・解砕工程S1では、使用済みのリチウムイオン電池から有価金属を回収するために、電池を破砕・解砕することによって解体する。このとき、電池が充電された状態では危険であるため、解体に先立って、電池を放電させることにより無害化することが好ましい。
洗浄工程S2では、破砕・解砕工程S1を経て得られた電池解体物を、アルコール又は水で洗浄することにより、電解液及び電解質を除去する。リチウムイオン電池には、エチレンカーボネート、プロピレンカーボネート、ジエチルカーボネート、ジメチルカーボネート等の有機溶剤や、六フッ化リン酸リチウム(LiPF6)のような電解質が含まれている。
浸出工程S3では、正極基板に正極活物質が固着したまま、即ち正極材を酸性溶液に浸漬させ、酸性溶液を用いて正極基板の溶解と正極活物質からニッケル、コバルト等の金属イオンの浸出を同時に行い、スラリーとする。浸出工程S3では、酸性溶液に、還元効果が高い正極基板のアルミニウム等が含まれているため、正極活物質のLiCoO2やLiNiO2等の化合物を効果的かつ迅速に金属イオンに分解させることができ、正極活物質中のニッケル、コバルト等の有価金属の浸出率を向上させることができる。
硫化工程S4では、浸出工程S3を経て得られた浸出液を反応容器に導入し、硫化剤を添加することによって硫化反応を生じさせ、ニッケル・コバルト混合硫化物を生成することによって、リチウムイオン電池から有価金属であるニッケル、コバルトを回収する。硫化剤としては、硫化水素ガス、硫化ナトリウムや水硫化ナトリウム等の硫化アルカリを用いることができる。
Ni2++H2S⇒NiS+2H+ (1)
Ni2++NaHS⇒NiS+H++Na+ (2)
Ni2++Na2S⇒NiS+2Na+ (3)
第2の実施の形態は、リチウムイオン電池から剥離回収した正極活物質を酸性溶液によって浸出させるに際して、正極活物質を構成する化合物を効果的に分解し、正極活物質からの有価金属の浸出率を向上させて有価金属の回収率を向上させる方法である。
正極活物質剥離工程S13では、洗浄工程S12を経て得られた電池解体物を、硫酸水溶液等の酸性溶液や界面活性剤溶液に浸漬させることにより、その正極基板から正極活物質を剥離して分離する。電池解体後も正極活物質は正極基板であるアルミニウム箔に固着しているが、この正極活物質剥離工程S13において電池解体物を硫酸水溶液等の酸性溶液や界面活性剤溶液に投入して撹拌することにより、正極活物質とアルミニウム箔を固体のままで分離することができる。
浸出工程S14では、剥離回収された正極活物質から、酸性溶液を用いてニッケル、コバルト等の金属イオンを浸出してスラリーとする。この有価金属の回収方法においては、この浸出工程S14において、還元効果の高い金属、つまり水素より電位が卑な金属を添加する。
希土類元素除去工程S15では、浸出工程S14で得られた浸出液から、希土類元素(RE)を沈殿除去する。
RE2(SO4)3+Na2SO4+xH2O
⇒RE2(SO4)3・Na2SO4・xH2O (4)
中和工程S16では、希土類元素除去工程S15を経て希土類元素が除去されたろ液(脱RE終液)を中和剤で中和し、正極及び負極の基板に由来する微量のアルミニウム、銅等を沈殿物として分離回収する。
硫化工程S17では、中和工程S16を経て得られた溶液を反応容器に導入し、硫化剤を添加することによって硫化反応を生じさせ、ニッケル・コバルト混合硫化物を生成することによって、リチウムイオン電池から有価金属であるニッケル、コバルトを回収する。硫化剤としては、硫化水素ガス、硫化ナトリウムや水硫化ナトリウム等の硫化アルカリを用いることができる。
Ni2++H2S⇒NiS+2H+ (5)
Ni2++NaHS⇒NiS+H++Na+ (6)
Ni2++Na2S⇒NiS+2Na+ (7)
本発明は、上述した実施の形態に限れられるものではなく、本発明の要旨を変更しない範囲において適宜変更することができる。
例えば、上述したように、リチウムイオン電池から回収した正極活物質を浸出処理するに際して添加する金属としては、ニッケル-水素電池から回収したニッケルメタルやアルミニウムに限られるものではなく、ニッケル、鉄、亜鉛等の金属を用いることもできる。また、これらのように、水素よりも電位が卑な金属を用いることに限られるものではなく、還元効果の高い亜硫酸塩等の水溶性還元剤を用いることもできる。
また、上述した硫化工程S4及び硫化工程S17では、硫化アルカリによる硫化反応を行う例について説明したが、硫化剤として硫化水素を用いて硫化反応を生じさせるようにしてもよい。すなわち、硫化水素を用いた硫化反応は、浸出工程S4や浸出工程S14を経て得られた母液を耐圧性を有する加圧容器からなる反応容器に導入し、その反応容器の気相中に硫化水素を含む硫化用ガスを吹き込んで、液相で硫化水素による硫化反応を生じさせる。
MSO4+H2S⇒MS+H2SO4 (8)
(なお、式中のMは、Ni、Coを表す。)
実施例1では、リチウムイオン電池から有価金属のニッケル、コバルトを回収した。まず、原料としてニッケル、コバルトを含む正極活物質が付着したアルミニウム箔からなる正極基板のみ、即ち正極材を二軸破砕機により、1cm角程度の大きさに切断した。
比較例1では、硫酸溶液の濃度を0.1mol/lに設定したこと以外は、実施例1と同じ条件で正極活物質(有価金属)の浸出を行った。2時間経過後でもほとんどのAlが残っており溶解しておらず、正極活物質(有価金属)の浸出も起こらなかった。
次に、上述の第2の実施の形態で説明した有価金属の浸出方法についての実施例を説明する。
リチウムイオン電池を破砕・解砕した後に水で洗浄して得られた電池解体物(Co:56%、Li:7%、F:1.2%)100gを、純水500mlを混合し、温度が80℃になるまで加温した。
次に、上述した浸出工程で得られた浸出液262mlを、回転数300rpmで攪拌しながら65~70℃になるよう昇温した。その後、脱RE(希土類)剤として硫酸ナトリウム10水塩(Na2SO4・10H2O)を、液中希土類元素合計モル数の1当量分と、さらに反応終液中のNa濃度が6g/lになるように添加し、15分間攪拌して、浸出液中に含まれる希土類元素を沈殿除去させた。反応終了後、サンプルを濾過して濾液にNa2SO4を添加し、そのスラリーを、目開き1μmの5C濾紙を用いて濾過した。その濾液と残渣中の各成分をICP発光分光分析装置(SPS3000 SIIナノテクノロジーズ株式会社製)で分析し、沈澱率を求めた。
次に、希土類元素除去工程で得られた反応終液(前記表3)を中和した上で、ニッケル、コバルトの回収を行った。
ここで、硫化工程における硫化反応時のpH及び硫化剤添加量について以下のようにして調べた。
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- リチウムイオン電池の正極材に含まれる有価金属を浸出させる有価金属の浸出方法であって、
酸性溶液中に、水素の還元電位よりも卑な還元電位を有する金属とともに上記正極材を浸漬させ、正極活物質から上記有価金属を浸出させることを特徴とする有価金属の浸出方法。 - 上記酸性溶液に上記正極材を浸漬させ、上記正極活物質及びこの正極活物質が固着した正極基板を溶解させて、上記正極活物質から上記有価金属を浸出させる請求項1記載の有価金属の浸出方法。
- 上記正極基板は、アルミニウム箔であることを特徴とする請求項2記載の有価金属の浸出方法。
- 上記水素の還元電位よりも卑な還元電位を有する金属は、ニッケル-水素電池から得られるニッケルメタルであることを特徴とする請求項1記載の有価金属の浸出方法。
- 上記有価金属は、ニッケル及びコバルトであることを特徴とする請求項1記載の有価金属の浸出方法。
- リチウムイオン電池の正極材に含まれる有価金属を回収する有価金属の回収方法であって、
酸性溶液中に、水素の還元電位よりも卑な還元電位を有する金属とともに上記正極材を浸漬させ、正極活物質から上記有価金属を浸出させる浸出工程を有することを特徴とする有価金属の回収方法。 - 上記酸性溶液に上記正極材を浸漬させ、上記正極活物質及びこの正極活物質が固着した正極基板を溶解させて、上記正極活物質から上記有価金属を浸出させる請求項6記載の有価金属の回収方法。
- 上記正極基板は、アルミニウム箔であることを特徴とする請求項7記載の有価金属の回収方法。
- 更に、上記浸出工程で得られた浸出液に硫化剤を添加して、上記有価金属の混合硫化物を形成する硫化工程を有することを特徴とする請求項6記載の有価金属の回収方法。
- 更に、上記硫化工程の前に、上記浸出工程で得られた浸出液を中和剤で中和し、上記浸出液に含まれている不純物の金属を沈澱物として分離回収する中和工程を有することを特徴とする請求項9記載の有価金属の回収方法。
- 上記水素の還元電位よりも卑な還元電位を有する金属は、ニッケル-水素電池から得られるニッケルメタルであることを特徴とする請求項6記載の有価金属の回収方法。
- 更に、上記浸出工程で得られた浸出液に硫酸アルカリを添加し、該浸出液中に含まれる希土類元素を硫酸複塩として除去する希土類元素除去工程を有することを特徴とする請求項11記載の有価金属の回収方法。
- 上記希土類除去工程を経て得られた母液に硫化剤を添加し、該母液のpHを2~5に調整の下、前記ニッケル及びコバルトの混合硫化物を形成する硫化工程を有することを特徴とする請求項12記載の有価金属の回収方法。
- 上記有価金属は、ニッケル及びコバルトであることを特徴とする請求項6記載の有価金属の回収方法。
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