Sustainable Recycling Technology for Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond: Challenges and Future Prospects

Tremendous efforts are being made to develop electrode materials, electrolytes, and separators for energy storage devices to meet the needs of emerging technologies such as electric vehicles, decarbonized electricity, and electrochemical energy storage. However, the sustainability concerns of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and next-generation rechargeable batteries have received little attention. Recycling plays an important role in the overall sustainability of future batteries and is affected by battery attributes including environmental hazards and the value of their constituent resources. Therefore, recycling should be considered when developing battery systems. Herein, we provide a systematic overview of…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 51972030, 51772030
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  Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China

  Award: 2016YFB0100204