The present disclosure refers to a method of obtaining metal ions from a battery, the method comprising adding a crushed battery to a leaching solution comprising fruit and organic acid, thereby obtaining a leachate comprising metal ions, wherein the method is performed at a temperature above 80° C.

An improved method for the formation of lithium metal phosphate cathode material is provided. The process comprises: forming a first aqueous suspension comprising a first molar concentration of Li.sup.+ and a second molar concentration of PO.sub.4.sup.3−; forming a second aqueous suspension comprising a metal source wherein the metal source comprises at least one iron source selected from the group consisting of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, FeOOH and Fe.sub.3O.sub.4 and an organic acid, organic alcohol or salt of an organic acid; wherein iron of the iron source is present in a third molar concentration; combining the first aqueous suspension and the second aqueous suspension and allowing a precipitate to form; drying the precipitate; and calcining the precipitate thereby forming the lithium iron phosphate cathode material having a formula represented by LiMPO.sub.4/C wherein the lithium iron phosphate cathode material comprises up to 3 wt % carbon.

A method for preparing a bimodal-type positive electrode active material precursor is provided. The method is capable of not only increasing productivity by preparing positive electrode active material precursors having small diameters and large diameters in a single reactor but also improving packing density per unit volume, a positive electrode active material precursor prepared by the preparation method and having improved packing density, and a positive electrode for a secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same.

A production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries containing a silicon compound (SiO.sub.x: 0.5≤x≤1.6) that contains Li, includes: making a silicon compound into which the lithium has been inserted contact with a solution B containing a polycyclic aromatic compound or a derivative thereof or both thereof (here, the solution B contains one or more kinds selected from an ether-based solvent, a ketone-based solvent, an ester-based solvent, an alcohol-based solvent, and an amine-based solvent as the solvent); and making the silicon compound contact with a solution C (here, the solution C contains one or more kinds selected from an alcohol-based solvent, a carboxylic acid-based solvent, and water as the solvent). Thereby, a production method of a negative electrode active material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries is capable of increasing a battery capacity and improving the cycle characteristics.

A method of preparing a positive electrode active material precursor includes: providing a transition metal-containing solution including nickel, cobalt, and manganese; and introducing the transition metal-containing solution into a reactor, adding a basic aqueous solution and an ammonium cation-containing complex-forming agent, and performing a co-precipitation reaction to prepare a transition metal hydroxide in the form of a secondary particle formed by agglomerating primary particles. The co-precipitation reaction is performed under conditions satisfying Expression 1 described in the specification, and a positive electrode active material precursor whose crystalline grain has a controlled aspect ratio. A positive electrode active material prepared using the positive electrode active material precursor, a positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which includes the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery are also provided.

A graphene-enhanced transition metal fluoride or chloride hybrid particulate for use as a lithium battery cathode active material, wherein the particulate is formed of a single or a plurality of graphene sheets and a plurality of fine transition metal fluoride or chloride particles with a size smaller than 10 μm (preferably sub-micron or nano-scaled), and the graphene sheets and the particles are mutually bonded or agglomerated into an individual discrete particulate with at least a graphene sheet embracing the transition metal fluoride or chloride particles, and wherein the particulate has an electrical conductivity no less than 10.sup.−4 S/cm and the graphene is in an amount of from 0.01% to 30% by weight based on the total weight of graphene and the transition metal fluoride or chloride combined.

The present invention discloses a method for rapidly preparing a Prussian blue analogue with a monoclinic crystal structure. The Prussian blue analogue with a monoclinic crystal structure has a chemical formula of Na.sub.xM[Fe(CN).sub.6].sub.y.Math.zH.sub.2O, where M=Mn or Fe, 1.5<×<2, and 0.5<y<1. In this method, a mixture of sodium ferrocyanide and sodium chloride is adopted as a solution A, and a solution of manganese salt or iron salt in water is adopted as a solution B; the solutions A and B are continuously and rapidly mixed by a micromixer, and the precipitation reaction is conducted to obtain a nano-precursor slurry; and the nano-precursor slurry is aged at 80° C. to 160° C. for 3 min to 2 h to obtain a Prussian blue analogue with a monoclinic crystal structure that has a particle diameter of 200 nm to 2,000 nm.

Provided is a method of manufacturing a positive electrode active material, which includes: (A) preparing a positive electrode active material precursor which includes a core portion including randomly aggregated primary particles and a shell portion surrounding the core portion and formed of primary particles oriented in a direction from a particle center to the outside and in which a ratio of a crystal grain size in the (100) plane to a crystal grain size in the (001) plane of the primary particles forming the shell portion is 3 or more; and (B) mixing the positive electrode active material precursor with a lithium-containing raw material and firing the mixture, wherein the lithium transition metal oxide has an average particle diameter (D.sub.50) that is 0.01% to 20% reduced as compared to an average particle diameter (D.sub.50) of the positive electrode active material precursor.

A method for preparing a cathode active material precursor for a secondary battery, including: moving a co-precipitation filtrate generated after a co-precipitation reaction to a co-precipitation filtrate storage tank; removing a metal hydroxide by passing the co-precipitation filtrate through a filter; reacting the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide is removed with sulfuric acid or nitric acid to produce an ammonium sulfate or an ammonium nitrate while removing ammonia from the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide is removed; cooling and crystallizing the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide and ammonia are removed to precipitate a sodium sulfate; filtering the precipitated sodium sulfate to separate the precipitated sodium sulfate from the co-precipitation filtrate from which the metal hydroxide and ammonia are removed; drying the sodium sulfate separated from the co-precipitation filtrate and moving the co-precipitation filtrate separated from the sodium sulfate to a circulation concentration tank; and heating the co-precipitation filtrate stored in the circulation concentration tank to a predetermined temperature for recycling and performing N.sub.2 purging or bubbling, is provided.

A method of preparing a structure, more particularly, a method of preparing a structure capable of ensuring a space for carrying an electrode active material by a simple method which includes an electrospinning process using a double nozzle electrospinning device and a heat treatment process.