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Lithium-ion Battery Recycling
Environmentally friendly, bespoke lithium-ion battery recycling solutions
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Challenge
Lithium-ion battery recycling is a complex, dangerous and environmentally costly process.
The entire process, from transport to storage to recycling, carries the risk of fire and explosions. Chemicals used in the process are highly toxic and base elements must be converted before re-processing into battery active materials.
Solution
The team is developing methods to recycle lithium-ion batteries efficiently, as demonstrated for one specific chemistry. This process is environmentally friendly and cheap. It uses reagents found in swimming pools and hair salons, allowing it to make smaller recycling units. The process also allows for the extraction of battery active materials without the need for conversion or reprocessing, i. e., they can be used directly in lithium-ion batteries. This technology can significantly reduce recycling costs, steps, and processes, and add significant value.
Target customers / end-users
• grid-scale battery installations, which are typically operated by companies such as United, Origin and AGL.
• easily expanded to household storage units and electric vehicles
Progress
Demonstrated process on 30 Ah lithium-ion cells used in gridscale battery installations
Proof-of-concept
TRL 3
Climate & Clean Energy
The technology is a unique method to efficiently and safely recycle lithium-ion batteries. It can be expanded to suit many other lithium-ion chemistries.
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