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Spent lithium-ion battery recycling - Reductive ammonia leaching of metals from cathode scrap by sodium sulphite.

Xiaohong Zheng,Wenfang Gao,5 Authors,Zhi Sun

2017 · DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.12.007
Waste Management · 344 Citations

TLDR

A full hydrometallurgical process is developed to selectively recover valuable metals (Ni, Co and Li) from cathode scrap of spent lithium ion batteries by introducing ammonia-ammonium sulphate as the leaching solution and sodium sulphite as the reductant.