Why it matters: Lithium-ion batteries have become essential in modern electronics and in efforts to migrate infrastructure to renewable energy sources. Through rigorous testing, researchers recently ...

John Neuens For recyclers involved with the rapidly expanding lithium-ion (Li-ion) and lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) battery recycling market, there is ...

Used lithium-ion batteries from cell phones, laptops and a growing number of electric vehicles are piling up, but options for recycling them remain limited mostly to burning or chemically dissolving ...

The rise of electric vehicles is a critical part of the move away from fossil fuels and the "greening" of transport. However, it isn't without its environmental challenges, one of the major issues ...

A new process for restoring spent cathodes to mint condition could make it more economical to recycle lithium-ion batteries. The process, developed by nanoengineers, is more environmentally friendly ...

A research team at Rice University led by James Tour has developed a two-step flash Joule heating-chlorination and oxidation (FJH-ClO) process that rapidly separates lithium and transition metals from ...

Researchers have proposed an efficient feature search approach for estimating the state of health of lithium-ion batteries, ...

Carmakers are quickly adopting the newest generation of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are cheaper than their predecessors. But recycling lithium from the lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) ...

The world needs vast quantities of lithium to meet demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage. And the United States is way behind China in securing a supply of this ...

The rise of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and energy storage systems has led to a growing number of retired batteries, posing a significant challenge for sustainable energy development.