The process of synergistic leaching of lithium from waste lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) battery cathode materials was studied, and the feasibility was analyzed by thermodynamics. The influence of various factors on synergistic leaching was investigated,and the leaching slag was characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that LFP and LCO can synergistically leach lithium in an acidic system without adding any oxidant or reducing agent. The leaching rates of Li, Co, Fe and P in the cathode materials of waste batteries are 99.99%, 99.99%, 48.00% and 43.77%, respectively, under the optimal leaching conditions of sulfuric acid concentration of 0.7 mol/L, leaching temperature of 40 ℃, leaching time of 60 min, n(LCO)∶ n(LFP)=0.5 and liquid volume to solid mass ratio of 10 mL/1 g. The method can realize the purpose of recovering valuable metals from complex battery cathode materials under low acid conditions, and has certain popularization and application value.
| 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 |