Honiara energy storage battery recycling

Can electric-vehicle lithium-ion batteries be recycled and re-used?

Here we outline and evaluate the current range of approaches to electric-vehicle lithium-ion battery recycling and re-use, and highlight areas for future progress. Processes for dismantling and recycling lithium-ion battery packs from scrap electric vehicles are outlined.

How to recycle Li-ion battery active materials?

Typical direct, pyrometallurgical, and hydrometallurgical recycling methods for recovery of Li-ion battery active materials. From top to bottom, these techniques are used by OnTo, (15) Umicore, (20) and Recupyl (21) in their recycling processes (some steps have been omitted for brevity).

Why should you recycle Li-ion batteries?

Battery specialists and environmentalists give a long list of reasons to recycle Li-ion batteries. The materials recovered could be used to make new batteries, lowering manufacturing costs. Currently, those materials account for more than half of a battery’s cost.

What percentage of Li-ion batteries are recycled?

30–40%: The percentage of a Li-ion battery’s weight that comes from valuable cathode material <5%: The percentage of Li-ion batteries that are recycled currently ~100%: The percentage of the lead in common lead-acid car batteries that gets recycled into new batteries ~$70 billion: The value of the Li-ion battery market projected for 2022

Can battery components be recycled?

Shifting the open-loop manufacturing manner into a closed-loop fashion is the ultimate solution, leading to a need for battery recycling. However, in the pursuit of sustainably and effectively recycling spent LIBs, various battery components and associated rich chemistries undoubtedly pose serious challenges.

Could second-use batteries stifle the development of a recycling industry?

The environmental and economic advantages of second-use and the low volume of electric-vehicle batteries currently available for recycling could stifle the development of a recycling industry in some places.