Eco-friendly recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries
EcoLIB is a collaborative multidiscipline project, funded by @Interreg Aurora programme, aiming to develop an innovative sustainable, cost effective, and eco-friendly solution for spent Li-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling.
EcoLIB's main objective is to overcome the common deficiencies in today's recycling technologies, i.e., inefficient separation of valuable metals, high costs of multiple recycling steps, and hazardous effect of fluorine accumulation and emission during recycling.
The key idea of EcoLIB is to develop an innovative and cost-efficient thermal pretreatment method to improve the recovery of valuable components from spent lithium-ion batteries. This pre-treatment step facilitates the efficient separation of valuable cathode metals, graphite, and recovery of the electrolyte, binder and other volatile matter. Finally, EcoLIB will investigate the production of a new cell prototype from solely recycled materials including electrolyte.
The EcoLIB project contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals.
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
Further information can be found on this link External link.
Contact
Hesham Ahmed
- Associate Professor, Associate Professor
- 0920-491309
- hesham.ahmed@ltu.se
- Hesham Ahmed
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