Abkhazia 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 reuse degraded energy storage materials for battery manufacturing?

To this end, recycling technologies which can help directly reuse degraded energy storage materials for battery manufacturing in an economical and environmentally sustainable manner are highly desirable. Fig. 2. (a) The difference between direct recycling and the other two recycling methods lies in whether it destroys the structure of the material.

Are ASSB batteries safe to recycle?

For Li–metal and Li–S batteries, the reactivity of the materials and side reactions will bring up some additional safety concerns during recycling. Less safety concerns need to be addressed when dealing with ASSBs. However, mechanical handling and hydrometallurgy will be more difficult compared to current state of the art batteries.

Are lithium-ion battery recycling processes sustainable?

Nat. Chem. 7, 19–29 (2015). Gaines, L. Lithium-ion battery recycling processes: research towards a sustainable course. Sustain. Mater. Technol. 17, e00068 (2018). The net impact of LIB production can be greatly reduced if more materials can be recovered from end-of-life LIBs, in as usable a form as possible.

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).

Can a dedicated battery recycling infrastructure be applied to existing chemistries?

The economic and environmental implications of various recycling approaches are analyzed, along with policy suggestions to develop a dedicated battery recycling infrastructure. We also discuss promising battery recycling strategies and how these can be applied to existing and future new battery chemistries.