%A XIA Zhi-dong, XIE Xiao-qian, SHI Yao-wu, LEI Yong-ping, GUO Fu %T Recycling cobalt from spent lithium ion battery %0 Journal Article %D 0 %J Front. Mater. Sci. %J Frontiers of Materials Science %@ 2095-025X %R 10.1007/s11706-008-0049-x %P 281-285 %V %N %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/foms/EN/10.1007/s11706-008-0049-x %8 2008-09-05 %X Spent lithium ion battery is a useful resource of cobalt. In this paper, cobalt was recovered by a chemical process based upon the analysis of the structure and composition of the lithium ion battery. X-ray diffraction results show that cobalt oxalate and cobaltous sulfate have been obtained in two different processes. Compared with the cobaltous oxalate process, the cobaltous sulfate process was characterized by less chemical substance input and a cobalt recovery rate of as much as 88%. A combination of these two processes in the recycling industry may win in the aspects of compact process and high recovery rate.