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ArticleNature communications2025

An acid-free process to prepare battery grade nickel and cobalt sulfates from complex resources.

Qing Zhang, Xiaohong Zheng, Weiguang Lv, Mingming He, Wenyi Yan, Wenfang Gao, Pengge Ning, Hongbin Cao, Zhi Sun

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Electrowinning of Nickel from Lithium-Ion Batteries.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Qing ZhangSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-7398-2648
Xiaohong ZhengNational Engineering Research Center of green recycling for strategic metal resources, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Weiguang LvNational Engineering Research Center of green recycling for strategic metal resources, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Mingming HeNational Engineering Research Center of green recycling for strategic metal resources, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Wenyi YanNational Engineering Research Center of green recycling for strategic metal resources, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Wenfang GaoSchool of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 30040l, China.
Pengge NingNational Engineering Research Center of green recycling for strategic metal resources, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.
Hongbin CaoSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. hbcao@ipe.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9850-317X
Zhi SunSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China. sunzhi@ipe.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-0587

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nickel sulfate is a critical compound for lithium-ion batteries, mainly prepared from nickel sulfide concentrate (NSC). Typically, high-temperature smelting or high-pressure leaching is required to achieve high extraction rates for Ni and Co. Here, we demonstrate an acid-free atmospheric leaching process for effectively processing of NSC using a mechanochemical treatment. When a suitable intermediate phase of the NSC is obtained, the leaching efficiency for Ni and Co can reach 97.4% and 98.8%, respectively, while the main impure element, iron, almost remains in the solid phase. As a consequence, the leaching solution can be easily treated to prepare battery-grade NiSO

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