Natural product driven redox-recovery of lithium cobalt oxide cathodes under mild conditions
Changlian Xu, Xinlei Ji, Honghao Zhang, Xin Xu, Lilin Wang, Guiyin Wang, Guochun Lv, Xin Qi, Junzhuo Cai, Shirong Zhang, Zhanbiao Yang, Cheng Zhang, Lin Kong, Yaoyuan Zhang
Abstract
A sustainable closed-loop process is proposed for efficient and selective metal recovery under mild conditions; utilizing the natural amino acid cysteine as a leaching agent, and using the natural oxalic acid as a selective recovery reagent of Co.
Topics & Concepts
Oxalic acidReagentLeaching (pedology)ChemistryInorganic chemistryCobaltMetalNatural productCathodeOxideLithium (medication)Process (computing)Lithium cobalt oxideMaterials scienceSelective leachingPhosphoric acidCobalt oxideAmino acidNuclear chemistryZincBy-productExtraction and Separation Processes