Process for the recovery of transition metal from spent lithium ion batteries containing nickel, wherein said process comprises the steps of (a) heating a lithium containing transition metal oxide material to a temperature in the range of from 400 to 1200 C., (b) treating said heat-treated material with water, (c) treating the solid residue from step (b) with an acid selected from sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, methanesulfonic acid, oxalic acid and citric acid, (d) adjusting the pH value to 2.5 to 8, (e) removing compounds of Al, Cu, Fe, Zn or combinations of at least two of the foregoing from the solution or slurry obtained in step (d).

The present invention provides a method for removing copper from lithium ion battery scrap containing copper, comprising a leaching step of adding the lithium ion battery scrap to an acidic solution and leaching the lithium ion battery scrap under a condition that an aluminum solid is present in the acidic solution; and a copper separating step of separating copper contained in the acidic solution as a solid from the acidic solution, after the leaching step.

The present invention provides a method for removing copper from lithium ion battery scrap containing copper, comprising a leaching step of adding the lithium ion battery scrap to an acidic solution and leaching the lithium ion battery scrap under a condition that an aluminum solid is present in the acidic solution; and a copper separating step of separating copper contained in the acidic solution as a solid from the acidic solution, after the leaching step.

The present invention provides a method for removing iron from an iron-containing solution containing an iron ion, comprising adding a lithium ion battery cathode material containing manganese to an acidic sulfuric acid solution to obtain a cathode material-containing solution, and then precipitating a manganese ion as manganese dioxide in a mixed solution obtained by mixing the iron-containing solution with the cathode material-containing solution while precipitating the iron ion contained in the iron-containing solution as a solid.

The various embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for extraction of metal values from active material of Lithium-ion batteries. The system comprises a separation module and an extraction module. The extraction module further comprises an inert container, a furnace apparatus, a quenching apparatus, a filtration mechanism and a wet magnetic separation apparatus. The black mass obtained from the separation process is heated in a furnace and then quenched. The suspension is then filtered, and the solution is then evaporated to extract Lithium values. The filtrate residue is subjected to wet magnetic separation, where the magnetic material comprises Cobalt, Nickel and a plurality of other elements in the form of a non-magnetic mass.

The various embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method for extraction of metal values from active material of Lithium-ion batteries. The system comprises a separation module and an extraction module. The extraction module further comprises an inert container, a furnace apparatus, a quenching apparatus, a filtration mechanism and a wet magnetic separation apparatus. The black mass obtained from the separation process is heated in a furnace and then quenched. The suspension is then filtered, and the solution is then evaporated to extract Lithium values. The filtrate residue is subjected to wet magnetic separation, where the magnetic material comprises Cobalt, Nickel and a plurality of other elements in the form of a non-magnetic mass.

This disclosure discloses an extraction column for metal separation in an acid leaching solution of laterite nickel ore, and an extraction process thereof. The extraction column includes an extraction column tube body and a gas distribution device; an interior of the extraction column tube body is provided with an accommodating cavity for containing a continuous phase and a dispersed phase, the continuous phase and the dispersed phase are in countercurrent contact in the accommodating cavity; and the extraction column tube body is connected with the gas distribution device to make the gas distribution device pass gas into the accommodating cavity. The gas distribution device is used to control a pipe diameter of a gas outlet of the gas distribution device in a suitable range. Using turbulent effect of bubbles floating in a liquid phase, collisions and shears of the dispersed phase form dispersed phase droplets with suitable sizes.

At the beginning of a dezincification plant used in a dezincification step in a hydrometallurgical method for nickel, a decrease throughout the dezincification plant is controlled to prevent a decrease in production volume and a cake layer is formed on a filter cloth provided to a filter device inside the dezincification plant. At the beginning of dezincification plant, a slurry containing a formed zinc sulfide is supplied to a filter for filtration and separation, an adjustment is performed in which the flow rate of the slurry is increased to reach a target flow rate in a time T2 which satisfies the following relational expression 3T1T25T1, where T1 represents the time between starting a slurry supply and attaining the target flow rate in the case of transferring the slurry at the maximum liquid transfer capacity of a pump configured to transfer the slurry.

A method for smelting a nickel oxide ore, wherein the reduction step progresses effectively while maintaining the strength of the pellets, comprises: a pellet production step S1 for producing pellets from a nickel oxide ore; and a reduction step S2 for reducing and heating the obtained pellets in a smelting furnace at a predetermined reduction temperature. In the pellet production step S1, a mixture is formed by mixing materials including said nickel oxide ore without mixing a carbonaceous reducing agent, and the pellets are formed by agglomerating said mixture. In the reduction step S2, in charging the obtained pellets into the smelting furnace, a carbonaceous reducing agent is spread in advance over the furnace floor of the smelting furnace and the pellets are placed on the carbonaceous reducing agent, and the pellets are reduced and heated in a state where the pellets are covered by the carbonaceous reducing agent.

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) precursors that are useful for forming metal-containing films are provided. These compounds include triazapentadienyl, -imino enolate compounds and -imino ketone compounds having formulae 1, 2, and 3, respectively. An ALD method using the precursors is also provided.