Energy storage motor recycling

Can electric-vehicle lithium-ion batteries be recycled and re-used?

Here we outline and evaluate the current range of approaches to electric-vehicle lithium-ion battery recycling and re-use, and highlight areas for future progress. Processes for dismantling and recycling lithium-ion battery packs from scrap electric vehicles are outlined.

Which companies recycle electric car batteries?

Nissan, Sumitomo Corp. and 4R set up plant to recycle electric-car batteries. Nissan Global Newsroom (28 March 2018). Global EV Outlook 2019 (International Energy Agency, 2019). xStorage Home—Eaton Nissan Home Energy Storage (Nissan and Eaton, 2017). New power from old cells: Audi and Umicore develop closed loop battery recycling.

Are spent batteries a viable source of materials for electric vehicles?

Nevertheless, spent batteries may also present an opportunity as manufacturers require access to strategic elements and critical materials for key components in electric-vehicle manufacture: recycled lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles could provide a valuable secondary source of materials.

What is a sweep energy storage system?

JERA Co., Inc. and Toyota constructed a large-capacity sweep energy storage system using the drive, or traction, batteries of used electrified vehicles (HEVs, PHEVs, BEVs, and FCEVs). The constructed system enables a second use of vehicle batteries with large differences in performance and capacity in a non-automotive application.

What types of batteries can be recycled?

The most common ones used are Lithium-ion and Lead-acid. Lead-acid batteries have a high recycling percentage versus Lithium-ion due to its complicated chemistry. The methods used for recycling involves many steps, training, and are very expensive.

How to recycle Li-ion battery active materials?

Typical direct, pyrometallurgical, and hydrometallurgical recycling methods for recovery of Li-ion battery active materials. From top to bottom, these techniques are used by OnTo, (15) Umicore, (20) and Recupyl (21) in their recycling processes (some steps have been omitted for brevity).