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Selective Leaching of $LiCoO_2$in an Oxalic Acid Solution  

이철경 (한국지질자원연구원, 자원재활용사업단)
양동효 (한국지질자원연구원, 자원재활용사업단)
김낙형 (한밭대학교 신소재공학부)
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Resources Recycling / v.11, no.3, 2002 , pp. 10-16 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the leaching of $LiCoO_2$with a strong acid such as sulfuric and nitric acid, an additional step was needed to recover cobalt and lithium separately from spent lithium ion batteries (LIBs). The leaching of $LiCoO_2$in an oxalic acid solution was investigated to recover cobalt selectively using a low solubility of cobalt oxalate at low pH. Leaching efficiency of 95% of lithium and less than 1% of cobalt were obtained when pure $LiCoO_2$powder was leached in 3M oxalic acid at $80^{\circ}C$ and 50 g/L pulpdensity. Under the above leaching conditions, complete dissolution of lithium was accomplished with mere 0.25% of cobalt in the solution when the cathodic active material collected from spent LIBs was employed. The lithium in the leaching solution can be recovered as a form of carbonate or hydroxide depending on the addition of $Na_2$$CO_3$or LiOH.
Keywords
Spent lithium ion battery; cathodic acid material; oxalic acid; selective leaching.;
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