The invention provides a method of leaching valuable
metal from a waste
lithium ion battery and synchronously conducting defluorination. The method specifically comprises the steps that the waste
lithium ion battery is pretreated,
electrode powder materials are obtained, the
electrode powder materials, water and concentrated
sulfuric acid are evenly mixed, curing treatment is conducted, the temperature of the curing treatment is controlled to range from 50 DEG C to 200 DEG C, the time of the curing treatment is controlled to range from 1.0h to 24.0h, a leaching agent is added to a cured material to conduct leaching operation after the curing treatment is accomplished, filtering operation is conducted after leaching operation is accomplished, and low-
fluorine-content valuable
metal leachateis obtained. According to the method, removal of
fluorine in the
electrode powder and leaching operation of the valuable
metal are organically combined, the curing defluorination step is added beforeacid
pickling operation of the electrode powder is conducted, namely, part of concentrated
sulfuric acid is added to the electrode powder to conduct curing defluorination, then part of concentrated
sulfuric acid is supplemented and added to the defluorinated electrode powder to conduct leaching operation, and the two processes are closely connected. Compared with a conventional acid
pickling technology, the method has the advantages that the acid consumption is not increased, the technological cost is low, the
operability is high, the
fluorine content of the obtained valuable metal
leachate is low, and the industrial production is easily achieved.