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标题：Assessment of recycling methods and processes for lithium-ion batteries
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作者：Chengetai Portia Makwarimba ; Minghui Tang ; Yaqi Peng 等
期刊名称：iScience
印刷版ISSN：2589-0042
出版年度：2022
卷号：25
期号：5
页码：1-35
DOI：10.1016/j.isci.2022.104321
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：SummaryThis review discusses physical, chemical, and direct lithium-ion battery recycling methods to have an outlook on future recovery routes. Physical and chemical processes are employed to treat cathode active materials which are the greatest cost contributor in the production of lithium batteries. Direct recycling processes maintain the original chemical structure and process value of battery materials by recovering and reusing them directly. Mechanical separation is essential to liberate cathode materials that are concentrated in the finer size region. However, currently, the cathode active materials are being concentrated at a cut point that is considerably greater than the actual size found in spent batteries. Effective physical methods reduce the cost of subsequent chemical treatment and thereafter re-lithiation successfully reintroduces lithium into spent cathodes. Some of the current challenges are the difficulty in controlling impurities in recovered products and ensuring that the entire recycling process is more sustainable.Graphical abstractDisplay OmittedElectrochemistry; Energy storage; Energy materials