A method for preparing a
cathode material of a
lithium ion battery from
mixed waste alkaline batteries comprises the following steps of: using
cathode materials of waste alkaline
zinc-
manganese batteries and
cathode materials of waste
lithium ion batteries as raw materials, dissolving the cathode materials with
nitric acid with a certain concentration, and adding corresponding
nitrate into a
dissolution liquid to regulate proportions of
metal cobalt,
nickel and
manganese ions; taking
sodium hydroxide as a precipitant, preparing a
nickel-
cobalt-
manganese hydroxide precursor by a co-
precipitation method, carrying out filtering and
drying, mixing the precursor with a certain amount of
lithium carbonate, and placing the mixture in a
muffle furnace for
calcination to obtain a ternary
cathode material LiNi<1 / 3>Co<1 / 3>Mn<1 / 3>O2. Morphology and structural characterization of an obtained product are carried out by means of a
spectrograph, an X-
ray diffractometer, a
scanning electron microscope and an energy disperse
spectroscopy, the product is used to produce a button
cell, and characterization is carried out on the electrochemical performance of the button
cell by means of a LAND tester. A result shows that the initial discharging capacity of the prepared new battery is 158.3mAHg<-1> when pH is controlled to be 8, the
calcination temperature is 850 DEG C and the
calcination time is 10 hours during the
precipitation reaction. According to the research, various models of waste alkaline batteries can be simultaneously recycled, the production cost of the battery
cathode material is reduced, and the method has high economical and
social benefits.