Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Merging Recycling Methods for Spent Lithium Ion Batteries

• Published in: Energies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 19; p. 6263
• Main Authors: Zhou, Zhiwen, Lai, Yiming, Peng, Qin, Li, Jun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Acids; Alloys; Efficiency; Electrodes; Energy consumption; hydrometallurgical method; in-situ roasting reduction; life cycle analysis; Metallurgy; Metals; Methods; Organic chemicals; pyrometallurgical method; recycling; spent lithium-ion batteries; Temperature

An urgent demand for recycling spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is expected in the forthcoming years due to the rapid growth of electrical vehicles (EV). To address these issues, various technologies such as the pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical method, as well as the newly developed in-sit...