Achieving low-temperature hydrothermal relithiation by redox mediation for direct recycling of spent lithium-ion battery cathodes

Energy Storage Materials(2022)

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Lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling is an urgent need to address the massive generation of spent LIBs from portable devices and electrical vehicles. However, the large-scale recycling is hampered by economic and safety issues associated with today's recycling processes. Here, we demonstrate a safe and energy efficient direct regeneration process based on low-temperature hydrothermal relithiation (LTHR) at low pressure for spent LiNixCoyMnzO2 (0 < x,y,z <1, x + y + z = 1, or NCM) cathode materials. A low concentration of low-cost redox mediator is employed to improve the relithiation kinetics of spent NCM materials, enabling full relithiation temperature to be reduced from 220 °C to 100 °C or below. Correspondingly, the pressure incurred in the relithiation process can be reduced from ∼25 bar to 1 bar, offering significantly improved operation safety. Specifically, three NCM materials, including chemically delithiated NCM111, cycled (degraded) NCM111, and cycled NCM622, were successfully regenerated with complete recovery of composition, crystal structure, and electrochemical performance, achieving the same effectiveness as that achieved at high temperature process. Meanwhile, the total energy consumption of spent cell recycling and the greenhouse gas emission is also reduced. This work provides a facile and scalable way to more sustainable LIB recycling with high economic return, high operation safety and low cost.
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Spent Li-ion cathodes,Direct recycling,Low-temperature hydrothermal relithiation (LTHR),Redox mediation,Safety
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