The Status of Domestic and International Quality Standards for Recycled Nickel Sulfate and Comparison of Electroplating Performance Between Reagent and Recycled Products

In Korea, a good recycled product (GR) certification system was introduced in 1997 to improve resource and energy use efficiency.However, in industry and society, recycled products are not used well because of the lack of awareness of recycled materials.In this study, the status of domestic and international quality standards for nickel materials was investigated, and the purity and electrochemical properties of nickel sulfate prepared from ore and nickel sulfate recovered from waste lithium-ion batteries were evaluated during the electroplating process.As a result of the test, it was found that there is no quality difference between recycled nickel sulfate and high-purity nickel sulfate reagents when used in the electroplating industry.