Vacuum pyrolysis and hydrometallurgical process for the recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 194, Issue , 2011, Pages 378-384

  Sun, Liang ^a   Qiu, Keqiang ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Leaching; Lithium; Lithium ion battery; Vacuum pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CATHODE MATERIALS; CATHODE POWDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; LITHIUM OXIDES; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; RESIDUAL GAS PRESSURE; SCALE-UP; SECONDARY RESOURCES; SOLID/LIQUID RATIOS; SPENT LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; STRATEGIC RESOURCE; SULFURIC ACID LEACHING; VACUUM PYROLYSIS;

ALUMINUM FOIL; CATHODES; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; HYDROMETALLURGY; IONS; LEACHING; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ALLOYS; LITHIUM BATTERIES; METAL RECOVERY; PYROLYSIS; SECONDARY RECOVERY; STRATEGIC MATERIALS; SULFURIC ACID; VACUUM; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

LITHIUM COMPOUNDS;

COBALT; LITHIUM; LITHIUM ION; SULFURIC ACID;

ALUMINUM; COBALT; ELECTRODE; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LEACHING; LITHIUM; METALLURGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING;

ALUMINUM FOIL; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; EVAPORATION; HYDROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS; LEACHING; RECYCLING; VACUUM PYROLYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COBALT; LITHIUM; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

EID: 80053925223     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.07.114     Document Type: Article

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