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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Applicants:
Satoshi Asano, Ehime, JP;
Hitoshi Ishida, Ehime, JP;
Takayuki Nakai, Ehime, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 26/00 (2006.01); C22B 26/12 (2006.01); C22B 3/26 (2006.01); C22B 3/44 (2006.01); C22B 7/00 (2006.01); H01M 10/54 (2006.01); H01M 10/052 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 26/12 (2013.01); C22B 3/0005 (2013.01); C22B 3/44 (2013.01); C22B 7/006 (2013.01); H01M 10/052 (2013.01); H01M 10/54 (2013.01); Y02P 10/234 (2015.11); Y02W 30/84 (2015.05);
Abstract
To provide a method for recovering lithium, that is capable of efficiently recovering lithium without containing impurities, such as phosphorus and fluorine, from a lithium-containing solution containing lithium hexafluorophosphate and separated from a lithium ion battery. In the present invention, alkali hydroxide is added to the lithium-containing solution and the solution is made to have pH 9 or more, a precipitate of a phosphate and a fluoride salt is formed, the formed precipitate is separated and removed, and then lithium is recovered from filtrate.