Journal
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Volume 129, Issue -, Pages 85-94Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.04.052
Keywords
Li-ion batteries; Cathode material; Recycling; Regeneration; Molten salts
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51325102, 52031008]
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This study presents a strategy for directly removing complex impurities and repairing degraded LiCoO2, achieving high recovery rate and excellent performance. The regenerated LiCoO2 exhibits high reversible capacity, cycling stability, and rate capability, comparable to commercial materials.
Regenerating cathode material from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) permits an effective approach to resolve resource shortage and environmental pollution in the increasing battery industry. Directly renovating the spent cathode materials is a promising way, but it is still challenging to efficiently remove all of the complex impurities (such as binder, carbon black, graphite and current collectors) without destroying the material structure in the electrode. Herein, a facile strategy to directly remove these impurities and simultaneously repair the degraded LiCoO2 by a target healing method is reported. Specifically, by using an optimized molten salt system of LiOH-KOH (molar ratio of 3:7) where LiNO3 and O-2 both serve as oxidants, the impurities can be completely removed, while the structure, composition and morphology of degraded LiCoO2 can be successfully repaired to commercial level based on a two-stage heating process (300 degrees C for 8 h and 500 degrees C for 16 h, respectively), resulting in a high recovery rate of approximately 100% for cathode material. More importantly, the regenerated LiCoO2 exhibits a high reversible capacity, good cycling stability and excellent rate capability, which are comparable with commercial LiCoO2. This work demonstrates an efficient approach to recycle and reuse advanced energy materials. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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