GRA
Well-known member
https://www.greencarcongress.com/2019/02/20190216-recell.html
. . . Recycled materials from lithium-ion batteries can be reused in new batteries, reducing production costs by 10 to 30 percent, which could help lower the overall cost of electric vehicle (EV) batteries to DOE’s goal of $80 per kilowatt hour. . . .
The ReCell Center is supported by DOE with $15 million over three years and its work will include development of test beds and a process scaleup facility at Argonne.
The center collaborators will focus on four key research areas to enable profitable lithium-ion battery recycling for industry adoption:
- A direct cathode recycling focus will develop recycling processes that generate products that go directly back into new batteries without the need for costly reprocessing;
A focus to recover other materials will work to create technologies that cost effectively recycle other battery materials, providing additional revenue streams;
Design for recycling will develop new battery designs optimized to make future batteries easier to recycle; and
Modeling and analysis tools will be developed and utilized to help direct an efficient path of R&D and to validate the work performed within the center. . . .