A simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process could provide a viable pathway for the sustainable recycling of depleted lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): No chemicals beyond ...

Highly efficient recycling process for NCM lithium-ion batteriesA simple, highly efficient, inexpensive, and environmentally friendly process ...

NCM is a mixed oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese in a lamellar structure. Lithium ions are enclosed between the ...

Researchers from Chinese universities used biocompatible acids, like citric acid, to leach out and separate the constituents in NCM batteries. The resulting material from the recycling process can be ...