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<p>The recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries can effectively mitigate the environmental and resource challenges arising from the escalating generation of battery waste and the soaring demand for battery metals. The existing mixing-then-separating recycling process is confronted with high entropy-increasing procedures, including crushing and leaching, which result in irreversible entropy production due to the decrease in material orderliness or heavy chemical consumption, thereby hindering its thermodynamic efficiency and economic viability of the entire recycling process. Herein, we propose a galvanic leaching strategy that leverages the self-assembly of LiNi<sub>0.6</sub>Co<sub>0.2</sub>Mn<sub>0.2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> particles with their inherent aluminium foil current collectors in spent lithium-ion batteries, creating a primary cell system capable of recovering battery metals without pre-crushing or additional reductants. Under the theoretical potential difference of up to 3.84 V, the electrons flow and charge aggregation effectively achieve the valence state reduction, crystal phase transition and coordination environment change of the hard-to-dissolve metal components, contributing to over 90% battery metals recovery and a nearly 30-fold increase in leaching kinetics. Environmental-economic assessments further indicate that this strategy reduces energy consumption and carbon emissions by 11.36%-21.10% and 5.08%-23.18%, respectively, compared to conventional metallurgical methods, while enhancing economic benefits by 21.14%-49.18%.</p>

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Galvanic leaching recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries via low entropy-increasing strategy

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    2025年3月11日

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  • Jiadong Yu,
  • Yanjun Liu,
  • Jinhui Li

摘要

The recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries can effectively mitigate the environmental and resource challenges arising from the escalating generation of battery waste and the soaring demand for battery metals. The existing mixing-then-separating recycling process is confronted with high entropy-increasing procedures, including crushing and leaching, which result in irreversible entropy production due to the decrease in material orderliness or heavy chemical consumption, thereby hindering its thermodynamic efficiency and economic viability of the entire recycling process. Herein, we propose a galvanic leaching strategy that leverages the self-assembly of LiNi0.6Co0.2Mn0.2O2 particles with their inherent aluminium foil current collectors in spent lithium-ion batteries, creating a primary cell system capable of recovering battery metals without pre-crushing or additional reductants. Under the theoretical potential difference of up to 3.84 V, the electrons flow and charge aggregation effectively achieve the valence state reduction, crystal phase transition and coordination environment change of the hard-to-dissolve metal components, contributing to over 90% battery metals recovery and a nearly 30-fold increase in leaching kinetics. Environmental-economic assessments further indicate that this strategy reduces energy consumption and carbon emissions by 11.36%-21.10% and 5.08%-23.18%, respectively, compared to conventional metallurgical methods, while enhancing economic benefits by 21.14%-49.18%.