This review highlights the importance of recovering valuable metals from spent Li-ion battery(LIB)cathodes through the resynthesis of cathode active materials(CAMs).The resynthesis process of CAMs,a promising recyclin...This review highlights the importance of recovering valuable metals from spent Li-ion battery(LIB)cathodes through the resynthesis of cathode active materials(CAMs).The resynthesis process of CAMs,a promising recycling method that directly produces CAM precursors from LIB leachate,is explored.This process encompasses six key steps,including pretreatment,leaching,purification,adjustment of metal concentrations,precursor synthesis,and sintering.The review also investigates the potential introduction of impurity elements during CAM resynthesis and provides tolerance levels for these impurities based on thorough reference analysis.Additionally,it addresses challenges related to the commercialization of the resynthesis process.Notably,this review represents the first comprehensive assessment of CAM resynthesis,including the systematic evaluation of 12 impurity elements(Fe,Li,Al,Cu,C,P,F,Na,Cl,S,Mg,and Zn).Overall,this comprehensive review is poised to support the commercial development of resynthesized CAMs by offering valuable guidelines for managing impurities and streamlining the purification process.展开更多
It is of great importance to explore sustainable and eco-friendly recycling strategies for spent Li-ion batteries(LIBs).As such,the closed-loop resynthesis of LiNi_(x)CoyMn_(z)O_(2)(NCM)becomes recently popular as exe...It is of great importance to explore sustainable and eco-friendly recycling strategies for spent Li-ion batteries(LIBs).As such,the closed-loop resynthesis of LiNi_(x)CoyMn_(z)O_(2)(NCM)becomes recently popular as exemplified by the commercialization of low-and mid-Ni content NCM(33%-60%).However,there has been suspicion as to the successful deployment of Ni-rich NCM resynthesis process.Therefore,we systematically increase the Ni content of NCM from 60%to 90%from the industrial leachate of spent LIBs containing various metallic and nonmetallic impurities.The utilization rate of the leachate decreases from 71.8 mol%for NCM622 to 18.0 mol%for NCM955 as the Ni content in the NCM composition increases with the Co recycling rate being 100%in all resynthesized NCM(RNCM).The physicochemical and electrochemical properties of RNCM are systematically compared with its pristine NCM counterparts.As a result,various physicochemical properties of RNCM including impurity content,crystallographic information,morphology,particle size,porosity,specific surface area,elemental distribution,residual lithium compounds,and thermal stability are correlated with its electrochemical properties.It is found out that Al is the most critical impurity that determines the physicochemical and electrochemical properties of RNCM.It is noteworthy that RNCM955 prepared from spent LIBs without any purification step surpasses NCM955 in terms of rate and cycle performance.Further,this resynthesis approach toward Nirich NCM could meet the forthcoming 2031 EU's legislative target on the mandatory minimum recycling usage of valuable metals from spent LIBs.The anode active material was resynthesized using industrial leachate as the maximum.The amount of leachate used and the amount of impurities were proportional.展开更多
基金supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)grant funded by the Korea government(Ministry of Science and ICT(RS-2023-00254424)Ministry of Education(2020R1A6A1A03038540))。
文摘This review highlights the importance of recovering valuable metals from spent Li-ion battery(LIB)cathodes through the resynthesis of cathode active materials(CAMs).The resynthesis process of CAMs,a promising recycling method that directly produces CAM precursors from LIB leachate,is explored.This process encompasses six key steps,including pretreatment,leaching,purification,adjustment of metal concentrations,precursor synthesis,and sintering.The review also investigates the potential introduction of impurity elements during CAM resynthesis and provides tolerance levels for these impurities based on thorough reference analysis.Additionally,it addresses challenges related to the commercialization of the resynthesis process.Notably,this review represents the first comprehensive assessment of CAM resynthesis,including the systematic evaluation of 12 impurity elements(Fe,Li,Al,Cu,C,P,F,Na,Cl,S,Mg,and Zn).Overall,this comprehensive review is poised to support the commercial development of resynthesized CAMs by offering valuable guidelines for managing impurities and streamlining the purification process.
基金supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT(RS-2023-00254424)by the ITRC(Information Technology Research Center)support program(IITP-2024-RS-2024-00437494)supervised by the IITP(Institute for Information&Communications Technology Planning&Evaluation)funded by the MSIT(Ministry of Science and ICT),Korea。
文摘It is of great importance to explore sustainable and eco-friendly recycling strategies for spent Li-ion batteries(LIBs).As such,the closed-loop resynthesis of LiNi_(x)CoyMn_(z)O_(2)(NCM)becomes recently popular as exemplified by the commercialization of low-and mid-Ni content NCM(33%-60%).However,there has been suspicion as to the successful deployment of Ni-rich NCM resynthesis process.Therefore,we systematically increase the Ni content of NCM from 60%to 90%from the industrial leachate of spent LIBs containing various metallic and nonmetallic impurities.The utilization rate of the leachate decreases from 71.8 mol%for NCM622 to 18.0 mol%for NCM955 as the Ni content in the NCM composition increases with the Co recycling rate being 100%in all resynthesized NCM(RNCM).The physicochemical and electrochemical properties of RNCM are systematically compared with its pristine NCM counterparts.As a result,various physicochemical properties of RNCM including impurity content,crystallographic information,morphology,particle size,porosity,specific surface area,elemental distribution,residual lithium compounds,and thermal stability are correlated with its electrochemical properties.It is found out that Al is the most critical impurity that determines the physicochemical and electrochemical properties of RNCM.It is noteworthy that RNCM955 prepared from spent LIBs without any purification step surpasses NCM955 in terms of rate and cycle performance.Further,this resynthesis approach toward Nirich NCM could meet the forthcoming 2031 EU's legislative target on the mandatory minimum recycling usage of valuable metals from spent LIBs.The anode active material was resynthesized using industrial leachate as the maximum.The amount of leachate used and the amount of impurities were proportional.
