To provide a method for recovering lithium, that is capable of efficiently recovering lithium without containing impurities, such as phosphorus and fluorine, from a lithium-containing solution containing lithium hexafluorophosphate and separated from a lit...

To provide a lithium recovery method which is capable of efficiently recovering lithium without containing impurities, such as phosphorus and fluorine. In the present invention, an alkali is added to a discharge liquid and/or a cleaning liquid containing l...

The process comprises totally discharging unprotected lithium cells (25), mechanically crushing (25) the discharged lithium cells under a low oxygen atmosphere in which a first portion of lithium compounds is reacted, introducing the crushed lithium cells ...