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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1999
Masaru Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuminobu Tezuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuki Tomioka, Saitama, JP;
Kunihiko Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuya Tachibe, Kanagawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of reclaiming a cathodic active material of lithium ion secondary batteries. The lithium ion secondary battery is broken and the casing and the content are separated to remove the casing from the content. The content is dissolved into a mineral acid to separate remaining non-dissolved content from the mineral acid to obtain a liquid containing the cathodic active material represented by the formula: LiMO,, where M is a transition metal element: cobalt, nickel and manganese. A lithium salt is added to the liquid, and the cathodic active material is recovered from the liquid in the form of a mixture of lithium compound and the transition metal compound, which is calcined and reclaimed into the cathodic active material.