Precious battery parts âdirectly reusedâ without crushing or melting 29 Apr 2021
Stock image. The new technique replenishes spent lithium in electrodes to allow reuse (Credit: Shutterstock) A new recycling process allows for âdirect reuseâ of precious lithium battery electrodes without energy- and material-intensive treatment.
Researchers at Aalto University in Finland discovered that cobalt-containing electrodes in lithium batteries can be reused ‘as is’ after being newly saturated with lithium. Compared to conventional recycling, which typically extracts metals from crushed batteries by melting or dissolving them, the new process saves valuable raw materials – and likely also energy.
“In our earlier study of how lithium cobalt oxide batteries age, we noticed that one of the main causes of battery deterioration is the depletion of lithium in the electrode material. The structures can nevertheless remain relatively stable, so we
Battery parts can be recycled without crushing or melting
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