Li-Ion Batteries Recycling - Processes & Technologies

• Published in: ECS transactions 2017-12, Vol.81 (1), p.255-260
• Main Authors: Karmazínová, Kateřina, Kazda, Tomáš, Jandova, Kristyna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1938-5862; 1938-6737; 1938-6737; 1938-5862
• DOI: 10.1149/08101.0255ecst

Due to increasingly rising progress in field of science and technology and so widely consumer life the Earth's resources drains away. Nowadays the recycling should be part and parcel of life cycle for every product. Via recycling usable materials can be recovered from used batteries so less raw material needs to be extracted from the limited supplies in the ground. (1). Lithium-ion batteries are worldwide used rechargeable batteries in many and many devices from portable electronics via electric vehicle to aerospace gadget. With the globally increasing demand for electric cars arise the question, what about used batteries when these cars reach the end of their lives? What are possible ways of reusing or recycling? However, even with the continued rise of Li-ion battery development and commercialization, the recycling industry is unsatisfactory because approximately 95% of Li-ion batteries are landfilled instead of recycled upon reaching end of life. (2)