The invention discloses a method for comprehensively recycling valuable metals from a spent
lithium ion battery. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out
electric discharge treatment on a spent battery, crushing, pre-
roasting at 300-400 DEG C, adding a
reducing agent, and carrying out reduction
roasting at 450-700 DEG C; carrying out
water extraction and evaporative
crystallization on fine aggregates obtained through the reduction
roasting, so as to obtain a high-purity
lithium product, leaching
copper,
nickel and
cobalt from leached
slag and roasted lump materials by virtue of
ammonia oxide, carrying out
magnetic separation and sieving on
ammonia leaching
slag so as to obtain iron and aluminum enriched products, and carrying out reduction acid leaching, purification and edulcoration on sieved products, so as to obtain a high-purity
manganese sulfate solution; and carrying out extraction and selective reverse extraction on
ammonia leaching liquid, so as to obtain a high-purity
nickel sulfate solution and a high-purity
copper sulfate solution, and carrying out
vulcanization cobalt precipitation, oxidation acid leaching and
extraction purification on
raffinate, so as to obtain a high-purity
cobalt sulfate solution. The method is high in extraction rate of valuable metals and applicable to the treatment of multiple waste
lithium ion battery raw materials and efficient utilization of multiple elements, and sorting is not required.