Fast Determination of Lithium Content in Spent Cathodes for Direct Battery Recycling

Li, Xuemin; Dogan, Fulya; Lu, Yingqi; Antunes, Christopher; Shi, Ying; Burrell, Anthony; Ban, Chunmei

doi:10.1002/adsu.202000073

Fast Determination of Lithium Content in Spent Cathodes for Direct Battery Recycling

Journal Article · Mon May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Advanced Sustainable Systems

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adsu.202000073· OSTI ID:1658596

Li, Xuemin ^[1]; Dogan, Fulya ^[2]; Lu, Yingqi ^[3]; Antunes, Christopher ^[1]; Shi, Ying ^[1]; Burrell, Anthony ^[1]; ^[4]

National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)

Determination of the lithium ion content in cathode materials, which is currently performed by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), involves tedious procedures and error-prone preparation. Here, we introduce a new methodology to quickly determine the lithium content in spent cathode materials (LiNi_xMnyCo_zO₂, x + y + z = 1, NMC) using a thermalgravimetric analysis, which bypasses the use of ICP-MS and significantly reduces the cost and time required for determining the lithium content. Based on this new method, a new approach is developed to identify spent cathode materials suitable for direct relithiation recycling. Finally, these new methods have been applied to investigate the effectiveness of direct electrochemical-relithiation on recycling the spent cathodes, and provide insights for future development of direct battery materials recycling.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Vehicle Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1658596

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1630672
OSTI ID: 1660076

Journal Information:: Advanced Sustainable Systems, Journal Name: Advanced Sustainable Systems Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 4; ISSN 2366-7486

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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