MICROSTRUCTURE TUNING OF CATHODE MATERIAL
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240287645A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18113312

    申请日:2023-02-23

    摘要: A recycling process for Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries includes a selective leach of charge material metals followed by impurity control for effecting microstructures such as a pore volume and surface area for optimal structures and charge performance. Particle characteristics having a favorable effect on performance correlate with soluble impurities in a recycling leach solution formed from spent charge material in a battery recycling stream. Spent batteries yield a black mass of agitated, comingled cathode material, anode material and current collectors. Leaching of the black mass yields a recycling solution of charge material metals and impurities. Selective adjustment of these impurities through adding and/or separating soluble ions in the solution drives formation of internal voids, surface area and pore volume in the resulting cathode material.

    METHOD FOR EXTRACTING VALUABLE METALS FROM BATTERY WASTE

    公开(公告)号:US20240222733A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18392375

    申请日:2023-12-21

    摘要: According to the present invention there is provided a method for the extraction of one or more valuable metals, preferably Li, Co, Mn and/or Ni, from black mass end-of-life battery waste, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining the black mass having a content of the one or more valuable metals; subjecting the black mass to a hydrothermal extraction medium defined by a molar excess of molten elemental sulfur, a predetermined amount of water, a first predetermined temperature and a first predetermined heated pressure, over a first predetermined period to provide a sulfur/metal roasted material; and converting the sulfur/metal roasted material to its respective metal sulfate/s by subjecting the sulfur/metal roasted material to an extraction medium defined by an excess of water, a flow of air, at a second predetermined temperature, at a second predetermined heated pressure over a second predetermined period.