A method for recovering materials from waste or scraps through an improved microwave carbothermal process involves combining reagents of a carbothermal reaction to form a mixture to be subjected to heat treatment, the reagents including a component in which an element to be recovered is contained and a carbon-containing component, the component being contained within a waste material, placing the mixture in a crucible, placing the crucible in a refractory chamber having a side wall, a surface of the side wall being covered by a layer of microwave-sensitive material, and inserting the refractory chamber into a microwave oven. The carbothermal reaction is obtained in less time and with lower electricity consumption compared to typical carbothermal reactions.

A method for recovering materials from waste or scraps through an improved microwave carbothermal process involves combining reagents of a carbothermal reaction to form a mixture to be subjected to heat treatment, the reagents including a component in which an element to be recovered is contained and a carbon-containing component, the component being contained within a waste material, placing the mixture in a crucible, placing the crucible in a refractory chamber having a side wall, a surface of the side wall being covered by a layer of microwave-sensitive material, and inserting the refractory chamber into a microwave oven. The carbothermal reaction is obtained in less time and with lower electricity consumption compared to typical carbothermal reactions.

The present disclosure relates to double layered hydroxide-type compounds comprising both di- and tri-valent nickel ions, and the use of such compounds in electrodes for energy storage device in addition to a previously developed electrode using Fe.sup.2+ and Fe.sup.3+ green rusts related compounds.

The present disclosure relates to double layered hydroxide-type compounds comprising both di- and tri-valent nickel ions, and the use of such compounds in electrodes for energy storage device in addition to a previously developed electrode using Fe.sup.2+ and Fe.sup.3+ green rusts related compounds.

Processes are provided in which successive steps of hydrometallurgical value extraction may be carried out using the products of carbon capture and an electrolytic reagent-generating process. The electrolytic process provides an acid leachant and an alkali hydroxide, with the alkali hydroxide then available for use either directly as a precipitant in the hydrometallurgical steps, or available for conversion by carbon capture to an alkali metal carbonate that can in turn be used as the precipitant in the selective hydrometallurgical steps.

Processes are provided in which successive steps of hydrometallurgical value extraction may be carried out using the products of carbon capture and an electrolytic reagent-generating process. The electrolytic process provides an acid leachant and an alkali hydroxide, with the alkali hydroxide then available for use either directly as a precipitant in the hydrometallurgical steps, or available for conversion by carbon capture to an alkali metal carbonate that can in turn be used as the precipitant in the selective hydrometallurgical steps.

The present invention relates to a process for selectively capturing chemical elements from a polymetallic liquid sample.

The present invention relates to a process for selectively capturing chemical elements from a polymetallic liquid sample.

A method for manufacturing a positive-electrode active material precursor for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing a nickel-cobalt-manganese carbonate compound includes: an initial aqueous solution preparation process of preparing an initial aqueous solution; a nucleation process of forming nuclei; and a nucleus growth process of growing the nuclei. In the nucleation process, a pH value of the mixed aqueous solution is controlled to be greater than or equal to 8.0 at the reference reaction temperature of 25 C. In the nucleus growth process, the pH value of the mixed aqueous solution is controlled to be greater than or equal to 6.0 and less than or equal to 7.5 at the reference reaction temperature of 25 C. The nucleation process takes a time greater than or equal to 1/20 and less than or equal to 3/10 of a combined time of the nucleation process and the nucleus growth process.

A method for manufacturing a positive-electrode active material precursor for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery containing a nickel-cobalt-manganese carbonate compound includes: an initial aqueous solution preparation process of preparing an initial aqueous solution; a nucleation process of forming nuclei; and a nucleus growth process of growing the nuclei. In the nucleation process, a pH value of the mixed aqueous solution is controlled to be greater than or equal to 8.0 at the reference reaction temperature of 25 C. In the nucleus growth process, the pH value of the mixed aqueous solution is controlled to be greater than or equal to 6.0 and less than or equal to 7.5 at the reference reaction temperature of 25 C. The nucleation process takes a time greater than or equal to 1/20 and less than or equal to 3/10 of a combined time of the nucleation process and the nucleus growth process.