AUTHOR=Zhou Li-Feng , Yang Dongrun , Du Tao , Gong He , Luo Wen-Bin 

TITLE=The Current Process for the Recycling of Spent Lithium Ion Batteries

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemistry

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2020

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemistry/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.578044

DOI=10.3389/fchem.2020.578044

ISSN=2296-2646

ABSTRACT=With the development of electric vehicles (EVs) involving lithium ion batteries (LIBs) as energy storage devices, the demand for LIBs in the whole industry is increasing, which is bound to lead to a large number of LIBs in the problem of waste, recycling and reuse. If not handled properly, it will certainly have a negative impact on the environment and resources. Current commercial LIBs mainly contain transition metal oxides or phosphates, aluminum, copper, graphite, organic electrolytes containing harmful lithium salts and other chemicals. Therefore, the recycling and reuse of spent LIBs has been paid more and more attention by many researchers. However, due to the high energy density, high safety and low price of LIBs have great differences and diversity, the recycling of waste lithium ion batteries has great difficulties. This paper reviews the latest development of the recovery technology of waste lithium ion batteries, including the development of recovery process and products. In addition, the challenges and future economic and application prospects are described.