Removal of polyvinylidene fluoride binder and other organics for enhancing the leaching efficiency of lithium and cobalt from black mass
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2023
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Golmohammadzadeh, R.
Dimachki, Z.
Bryant, W.
Zhang, J.
Biniaz, P.
M Banaszak Holl, M.
Pozo Gonzalo, C.
Chakraborty Banerjee, P.
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Journal of Environmental Management, 2023; 343(118205):1-9
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The agglomeration and encapsulation of recoverable materials of interest (e.g. metals and graphite) as a result of the presence of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with mixed chemistries (black mass) lower the extraction efficiency of metals. In this study, organic solvents and alkaline solutions were used as non-toxic reagents to investigate the removal of a PVDF binder from a black mass. The results demonstrated that 33.1%, 31.4%, and 31.4% of the PVDF were removed using dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethylacetamide (DMAc), and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) at 150, 160, and 180 °C, respectively. Under these conditions, the peel-off efficiencies for DMF, DMAc, and DMSO were 92.9%, 85.3%, and approximately 92.9%, respectively. Using tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as a catalyst and 5 M sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at room temperature (RT- 21 °C–23 °C), 50.3% of PVDF and other organic compounds were eliminated. The removal efficiency was enhanced to approximately 60.5% when the temperature was raised to 80 °C using NaOH. Using 5 M potassium hydroxide at RT in a TBAB-containing solution, ca. 32.8% removal efficiency was obtained; raising the temperature to 80 °C further enhanced the removal efficiency to almost 52.7%. The peel-off efficiency was 100% for both alkaline solutions. Lithium extraction increased from 47.2% to 78.7% following treatment with DMSO and to 90.1% following treatment with NaOH via leaching black mass (2 M sulfuric acid, solid-to-liquid ratio (S/L): 100 g L–1 at 50 °C, for 1 h without a reducing agent) before and after removal of the PVDF binder. Cobalt's recovery went from 28.5% to 61.3% with DMSO treatment to 74.4% with NaOH treatment
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