Shengming Xu

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined technologies and research efforts in battery recycling from the perspective of economic viability and life cycle inventory, and comments on the challenges facing battery recycling, and the role of battery design and circular economy in the sustainable development of battery industry where governments, manufacturers and consumers all play a part.

TL;DR: A novel process for extracting transition metals, recovering lithium and regenerating cathode materials based on facile co-extraction and co-precipitation processes has been developed and a waste battery management model is introduced to guarantee the material supply for spent battery recycling.

TL;DR: Monodispersed micro-/nanostructured cubic Co3O4 powders with unique morphology (cube) have been synthesized successfully as anode material for Li-ion batteries (LIBs) through a facile hydrothermal method with a special surfactant triethanolamine (TEA).

TL;DR: In this paper, a process based on reducing thermal treatment before acid leaching for the recovery of valuable materials from spent lithium-ion batteries is developed, which significantly improves the clean separation of the active materials from the current collectors and the complete removal of the binder and carbonaceous conductor.

TL;DR: Compared with conventional limitation of magnesium content, the elimination level of magnesium exceeded general impurity-removal requirement and magnesium level as high as 360 mg L(-1) in leachate remains tolerable.