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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 12, Issue 36, Pages 23683-23691Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d2ra04391b
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21767003]
- Guangxi Natural Science Foundation [2018GXNSFAA281261]
- Scientific Research Foundation of Guangxi University [XBZ110928]
- Young Teachers Innovation Cultivation Program from Guangxi Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. [BRP180247]
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A relatively green process for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) by acid leaching and resynthesis of cathode material has been proposed. This study found that citric acid is an effective reagent for recycling cathode materials and the process is feasible. The resynthesized cathode material exhibited excellent electrochemical performance.
In view of the reducing reagent consumption and secondary pollution caused by recycling spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), a relatively green process has been proposed, because the complex process to separate metals and the use of a large number of environmentally unfriendly chemical reagents are not involved. This process combines acid leaching with the resynthesis of the cathode material to recycle LiMn2O4 (LMO) from spent LIBs. The leaching efficiencies of Li and Mn exceeded 94% under the conditions of 1.0 M citric acid concentration, solid-liquid ratio of 60 g L-1, and 60 min leaching time. After the leaching process, spinel LMO was successfully resynthesized by the sol-gel process using leachate. The sample calcined at 700 degrees C has the best electrochemical performances, and the initial discharge capacity at a 2C rate and capacity retention after 100 cycles were 87.85 mA h g(-1) and 93.63%, respectively. The resynthesized cathode material possessed excellent cycling performance, which may result from Al doping. Furthermore, the mechanism of overall reaction and the formation process of complex Mn(C6H6O7)center dot H2O in the leaching process were explored. This study indicates that citric acid is an effective reagent for recycling cathode materials and the process is feasible.
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