Recycling batteries with citric acid

Highly efficient recycling process for NCM lithium-ion batteries

19-Nov-2024 - A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond citric acid need to be added to leach out and separate over 99 % of the lithium, nickel, cobalt, ...

Developing advanced recycling technology to restore spent battery cathode materials

The recycling process restores spent batteries to 100% of their original capacity, making them equivalent to new batteries

18-Nov-2024 - A research team led by Dr. Jung-Je Woo at the Gwangju Clean Energy Research Center of the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a cost-effective and eco-friendly technology for recycling cathode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries. With the recent rise in ...

Carbon recycling instead of plastic trash

Iron electrocatalysis breaks down polystyrene and delivers green hydrogen

14-Nov-2024 - Plastics are inescapable in our daily lives. The vast amounts of plastic garbage heaped in landfills and in the environment, however, are as problematic as the plastics are useful. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a German research team has now introduced a new method for recycling polystyrene ...

Fraunhofer ISE Inaugurates New Research Center for Batteries

Research Focus: Sustainability, Safety, Performance

24-Oct-2024 - Batteries are a key building block for a successful energy transition, whether for the electrification of transport, the stabilization of the power grid or balancing fluctuations in green electricity. The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has been conducting research along the ...

Promoting battery recycling in Europe and industrial by-products to power batteries

The role of the University of Oulu in battery chemistry research is further strengthened

15-Oct-2024 - New large-scale research projects aim to improve the recycling and recovery of battery materials in Europe and to develop more sustainable battery technologies.The University of Oulu's sustainable chemistry research is involved in two three-year international projects to develop new electrode ...

Second life of lithium-ion batteries could take us to space

From trash to treasure: Recycling used batteries shows promising results

20-Sep-2024 - The global use of lithium-ion batteries has doubled in just the past four years, generating alarming amounts of battery waste containing many hazardous substances. The need for effective recycling methods for spent lithium-ion batteries is becoming increasingly critical. In the journal ...

More efficient battery recycling thanks to mathematical modelling

Recovering valuable raw materials with less effort

06-Sep-2024 - How can we recover as many valuable raw materials as possible, such as lithium, from melt-down electronic scrap? This question is being examined by a priority programme of the German Research Foundation (DFG) dedicated to the production of tailor-made artificial minerals through metallurgical ...

Chemical plastics recycling is ready to go

“It’s every chemical engineer’s dream to have a formula like this at hand for their process”

30-Aug-2024 - Scientists around the world can now go full throttle in their research into chemical plastics recycling. Researchers at ETH Zurich have laid important foundations for this by showing that it’s all about the stirring. Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste are generated worldwide every ...

Researchers develop innovative battery recycling method

30-Jul-2024 - A research team at Rice University led by James Tour, the T.T. and W.F. Chao Professor of Chemistry and professor of materials science and nanoengineering, is tackling the environmental issue of efficiently recycling lithium ion batteries amid their increasing use. The team has pioneered a new ...

Creating value from waste

EU Project Circular Flooring turns post-consumer PVC flooring into plasticiser-free recyclates

22-Jul-2024 - Following five years of intense research, the Circular Flooring consortium has proven that it is possible to produce plasticiser-free PVC recyclates from end-of-life flexible floor coverings. The solvent-based recycling process, which is operated with CreaSolv® formulations jointly developed by ...