Journal
GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Volume 6, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/gch2.202200099
Keywords
challenges; electric vehicles; profits; recycling; spent Li-ion batteries
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- US Department of Energy (DOE) via ReCell Center, US National Science Foundation [CBET-1805570]
- Jacob School of Engineering at UC San Diego
- California Energy Commission [EPC-21-008]
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Li-ion battery recycling has become a pressing need due to the rapid growth of the electric vehicle industry. However, global recycling efforts are hindered by challenges in logistics, regulation, and technology readiness. This article summarizes these challenges and proposes solutions, while discussing recycling techniques, government policies, and economic and environmental impacts.
Li-ion battery (LIB) recycling has become an urgent need with rapid prospering of the electric vehicle (EV) industry, which has caused a shortage of material resources and led to an increasing amount of retired batteries However, the global LIB recycling effort is hampered by various factors such as insufficient logistics, regulation, and technology readiness. Here, the challenges associated with LIB recycling and their possible solutions are summarized. Different aspects such as recycling/upcycling techniques, worldwide government policies, and the economic and environmental impacts are discussed, along with some practical suggestions to overcome these challenges for a promising circular economy for LIB materials. Some potential strategies are proposed to convert such challenges into opportunities to maintain the global expansion of the EV and other LIB-dependent industries.
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