A review of processes and technologies for the recycling of lithium-ion secondary batteries

The purpose of this paper is to review the current status of the recycling technologies of spent lithium-ion secondary batteries. It introduced the structure and components of the lithium-ion secondary batteries, summarized all kinds of single recycling processes from spent lithium-ion secondary batteries and presented some examples of typical combined recycling processes. Also, the problems and prospect of the studies of their recycling technologies have been put forward. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.