Method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the lithium manganese oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells

US10711326B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALBEMARLE GERMANY GMBH · DE

Inventors

• David Wohlgemuth · Frankfurt, DE
• Mark Andre Schneider · Eckartsberga, DE
• Rebecca Spielau · Eppstein, DE
• Johannes Willems · Zürich, CH
• Martin Steinbild · Frankfurt, DE
• Norbert Kliehm · Schongau, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 9, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 14, 2020
• Expiry date: Jan 31, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02W30/84
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for the hydrometallurgical recovery of lithium from the lithium manganese oxide-containing fraction of used galvanic cells.