Production Technology, Innocuous Treatment and Recovery Technology of Lithium Ion Batteries
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 238
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Dear Colleagues,
Electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain market shares, in part driven by governmental initiatives to clean up urban air and ease the energy crisis; as such, we invite you to contribute to a Special Issue of Metals, organized around the theme of the production, innocuous treatment and recovery technology of lithium ion batteries that are “under the hood” of these vehicles. It is important that researchers developing physico-chemical processes of batteries are exposed to the concept of considering the full supply chain impacts of the technology they are developing to inspire creativity at the bench that leads to sustainability on the road.
EVs are promoted as a sustainable transportation choice because, on the basis of their life cycle, they emit fewer greenhouse gases than conventional vehicles. In addition, as they produce no tailpipe emissions, fully electric vehicles can contribute to improvements in urban air quality . In the evaluation of EV contributions to sustainable transportation, however, it is important to consider the production of batteries and its contribution to environmental impacts beyond life cycle greenhouse gas emissions and urban air pollutant emissions. For example, levels of emissions of sulfur oxides and carbon oxides can be high when ore is smelted to recover lithium, cobalt, nickel, iron and phosphorus, etc. Previous analyses have demonstrated that these emissions can cause the life cycle SOx and COx emissions of EVs to exceed those of conventional vehicles.
Overall, mining these metals can pollute the soil, water, and air of mining regions. These impacts can be mitigated through use of different materials in batteries that incur fewer environmental impacts caused by the supply chain of batteries. Furthermore, the recycling of batteries poses an opportunity to reduce demand for newly mined metals. Pathways for battery recycling include pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, direct regeneration and other technologies that target the recovery of the critical material (cathode, anode, current collector, electrolyte, etc.) without significant alterations. This makes disassembly very important. Contributions to this issue will investigate the environmental impacts of today’s lithium ion batteries, how emerging battery chemistries might reduce the environmental impact of batteries, and how opportunities for metal recovery through battery recycling can reduce the demand for newly mined metals.
Prof. Dr. Jian Li
Dr. Lihua Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lithium ion battery
- lithium ion battery system
- production technology
- Innocuous treatment
- recovery technology
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