A laboratory-scale lithium-ion battery recycling process

A laboratory process based on simple and environmentally compatible operations, aimed to the treatment and recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries, is described in its various steps. The validity of the process has been evaluated by testing as cathode in a common lithium-ion battery configuration, a lithium cobalt oxide electrode prepared from recycled precursors. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.