The process of conventional hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium batteries not only consumes corrosive acid and long-time reaction, but also produces secondary wastes. In this paper, microwave-assisted deep eutectic solvent (DES) is used to leach and recover valuable metals from cathode material LiCoO2 (LCO). The leaching and recovery process is not only green and low-pollution, but also owns a fast reaction rate, good solubility stability of the valuable metal and high purity of the recovered product. Meanwhile, FT-IR, XRD, ICP-MS, SEM and electrochemical analysis methods are used to explore the mechanism of microwave-assisted DES leaching of valuable metals from LCO. The effects of experimental factors on the extraction efficiency of valuable metals are obtained by orthogonal test method. The degree of influence is DES>temperature>liquid-solid ratio>time. Afterwards, according to the results of orthogonal experiments, the single-factor experiments are successively adopted to explore the optimal experimental conditions for microwave-assisted leaching of valuable metals, 99.86%of Li and 99.05% of Co can be extracted under the condition of choline chlorine-oxalic acid (ChCl-OA), 180 ℃, 10 min and liquid/solid ratio (L/S) of 60 mL/g. At this time, Co exists in the leaching solution as formic acid cobalt. Finally, a green and efficient strategy for extraction of valuable metals from spent LiBs (LCO) through microwave-assisted DES is proposed, which provides an important reference method for recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
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| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |