Abstract:
In order to realize the full component recycling of waste LiFePO
4, the migration law of iron, phosphorus, lithium, aluminum, copper and magnesium in lithium extraction from waste LiFePO
4 was systematically studied using HCl and H
2O
2 as leaching agents and LiOH·H
2O as an impurity removal agent. Directional control of Al, Cu and Mg impurities was realized by adjusting system pH values, and high purity FePO
4·
xH
2O slag and lithium chloride refining solution were obtained. The experimental results show that when the concentrations of H
2O
2 and HCl are 0.7 and 1.0 mol·L
-1 respectively, and the stirring speed
n is 300 r·min
-1 lithium leaching rate is close to 100% while the contents of iron and phosphorus impurities in the leaching solution are 18.3 and 11.2 g·L
-1, respectively. More than 97.7% of iron and phosphorus precipitated as FePO
4·
xH
2O when using LiOH·H
2O to adjust the system pH to 1.1±0.05, and other elements remained in the leaching solution. Aluminum and copper can be discharged from the system by adjusting the pH value of the leaching solution to 7.0-8.0. When the pH value of the solution was adjusted to 11.0-11.5, magnesium can be removed in the form of Mg(OH)
2. Finally, the pH value was adjusted back to neutral with hydrochloric acid to obtain a refined solution of lithium chloride with lithium recovery of 97.3%.