METHOD FOR THE HYDROMETALLURGICAL RECOVERY OF LITHIUM, NICKEL AND COBALT FROM THE LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL OXIDE-CONTAINING FRACTION OF USED GALVANIC CELLS

• Main Authors: SCHNEIDER MARK ANDRE, SPIELAU REBECCA, STEINBILD MARTIN, WILLEMS JOHANNES, WOHLGEMUTH DAVID
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 03.09.2015
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS CONTAINING METALS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSESC01D OR C01F; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ELECTRICITY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

A method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from a lithium transition metal oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells.