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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.
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).
A Critical Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Processes from a Circular Economy Perspective. Batteries 2019, 5 (4), 68, DOI: 10.3390/batteries5040068 Lv, W.; Wang, Z.; Cao, H.; Sun, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Sun, Z. A Critical Review and Analysis on the Recycling of Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries.
The recycling techniques for LIBs are still under development, and there is currently no technology available (each technology has certain advantages and disadvantages) that would permit the recovery of all elements from used batteries.
To prevent spent LIBs from entering the black market and to create an organized recycling market, it is necessary to establish a battery-tracking mechanism. Each battery can be assigned an identification number, which can be uploaded into the tracking system throughout the end-of-life value chain to facilitate recycling development.
In comparison, recycling processes based on disassembled batteries as starting material showed cost savings of 40–80%, without considering additional disassembly costs. As of today, the development of an efficient battery disassembly on an industrial scale still faces several challenges.
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