Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries

This book addresses recycling technologies for many of the valuable and scarce materials from spent lithium-ion batteries. A successful transition to electric mobility will result in large volumes of these.
The book discusses engineering issues in the entire process chain from disassembly over mechanical conditioning to chemical treatment. A framework for environmental and economic evaluation is presented and recommendations for researchers as well as for potential operators are derived.

Contenu
Foreword.- Background.- The LithoRec process.- Potential dangers during the handling of lithium-ion batteries.- Overdischarging lithium-ion batteries.- Disassembly planning and assessment of automation potentials for lithium-ion batteries.- Safe, flexible and productive human-robot-collaboration for disassembly of lithium-ion batteries.- Crushing of battery modules and cells.- Separation of the electrolyte Thermal drying.- Separation of the electrolyte Solvent extraction.- Electrolyte extraction sub and supercritical CO2.- Off gas cleaning by adsorption.- Material separation.- Hydrometallurgical processing and thermal treatment of active materials.- Realization in a demonstration plant.- Economic assessment of the LithoRec process.- Environmental aspects of the recycling of lithium-ion traction batteries.