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  • Open Access
2 Citations
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Cobalt and Manganese Extraction of Spent Lithium–Nickel–Cobalt–Manganese Batteries Using Ascorbic Acid–Tartaric Acid as Organic Acids

  • Weihui Xu,
  • Xueying Li,
  • Guangjin Zhao,
  • Weishu Wang,
  • Kun Zheng,
  • Yulu Zhang,
  • Yue Wang and
  • Yunlong Duan

The growing demand for portable power has triggered a sharp increase in end-of-life lithium–nickel–cobalt–manganese oxide (NCM) batteries. Efficient recovery of NCM cathode materials is crucial for resource security. This study inve...

(This article belongs to the Section Separation Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,213 Views
16 Pages

22 August 2024

Power loss is a limiting factor for batteries and individual cells. The resulting heat generation due to the power loss leads to reduced battery performance and, thus, lower efficiency. These losses are largely due to the internal resistance of the c...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
11,139 Views
20 Pages

1 April 2016

Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are using cylindrical format cells as part of the vehicle’s rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). In a recent study focused at determining the ageing behavior of 2.2 Ah Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) Lith...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Control of Energy Storage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,654 Views
12 Pages

Extensive use of Li-ion batteries in electric vehicles, electronics, and other energy storage applications has resulted in a need to recycle valuable metals Li, Mn, Ni, and Co in these devices. In this work, an aqueous mixture of glycolic and lactic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
627 Views
27 Pages

Recycling Lithium-Ion Batteries: Comparison of Two Sulfation Roasting Routes for Efficient Lithium-First Recycling from LFP and NCM Black Mass

  • Priscila Silva Silveira Camargo,
  • Maryanne Hoffmann Cardoso,
  • Roberta dos Reis Costantin,
  • Felipe Antonio Lucca Sánchez and
  • Hugo Marcelo Veit

26 July 2026

The rapid increase in electric vehicles has increased the generation of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) and the need for efficient lithium recovery technologies. This study compared two distinct sulfation roasting routes, using sodium sulfate (Na2...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Metal Recovery from E-Waste: Advanced Technologies, Resource Efficiency, and Circular Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
444 Views
14 Pages

In the context of an increasing demand for electricity, batteries increasingly appear as one of the main sources of power supply. In particular, research on batteries is mainly focused on new and high-performance materials, and innovative and more su...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis, Modification and Characterization of Advanced Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries and Beyond)
  • Article
  • Open Access
224 Citations
47,149 Views
15 Pages

Exploring the Economic Potential of Sodium-Ion Batteries

  • Jens F. Peters,
  • Alexandra Peña Cruz and
  • Marcel Weil

16 January 2019

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are a recent development being promoted repeatedly as an economically promising alternative to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). However, only one detailed study about material costs has yet been published for this battery typ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,818 Views
12 Pages

9 November 2018

The chlorine (Cl) and bromine (Br) co-doped lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide (LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2) was successfully synthesized by the molten salt method. The synthesized LiNi1/3Co1/3Mn1/3O2 compound demonstrates spherical morphology, which is f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
69 Citations
18,277 Views
27 Pages

Vibration Durability Testing of Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) Lithium-Ion 18,650 Battery Cells

  • James Michael Hooper,
  • James Marco,
  • Gael Henri Chouchelamane and
  • Christopher Lyness

19 January 2016

Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are employing cylindrical format cells in the construction of the vehicles’ battery systems. There is evidence to suggest that both the academic and industrial communities have evaluated cell degradation due to vib...

(This article belongs to the Collection Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Collection)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
10,261 Views
20 Pages

Study on the Characteristics of a High Capacity Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMC) Lithium-Ion Battery—An Experimental Investigation

  • Ruifeng Zhang,
  • Bizhong Xia,
  • Baohua Li,
  • Yongzhi Lai,
  • Weiwei Zheng,
  • Huawen Wang,
  • Wei Wang and
  • Mingwang Wang

29 August 2018

The use of high-capacity batteries as the battery pack of electric vehicles is the current development trend. In order to better design battery packages and battery management systems and develop related battery estimation technology, the related cha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,438 Views
12 Pages

Degradation Mechanism Detection for NMC Batteries based on Incremental Capacity Curves

  • M. Berecibar,
  • M. Dubarry,
  • N. Omar,
  • I. Villarreal and
  • J. Van Mierlo

Path dependence degradation detection is getting lot of attention due to high demand of long lasting batteries for applications with sporadic usage such as electric vehicles. In this regard, this work presents a study of the degradation mechanism of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,595 Views
26 Pages

Autonomous mobile robots are transforming industries from e-commerce logistics to field exploration, but their effectiveness depends on onboard energy storage. This study addresses the challenge of selecting optimal battery technologies for autonomou...

(This article belongs to the Section Battery Materials and Interfaces: Anode, Cathode, Separators and Electrolytes or Others)
  • Article
  • Open Access
61 Citations
8,586 Views
24 Pages

22 April 2021

The development of data driven methods for Li-ion battery diagnosis and prognosis is a growing field of research for the battery community. A big limitation is usually the size of the training datasets which are typically not fully representative of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Battery Management for Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,565 Views
17 Pages

17 November 2021

Within the e-mobility sector, which represents a major driver of the development of the overall lithium-ion battery market, batteries with nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) cathode chemistries are currently gaining ground. This work is specifically dedic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metallurgy and Recycling of Nonferrous Metals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
10,723 Views
15 Pages

29 October 2020

The separation of cobalt and nickel from sulfatic leach liquors of spent lithium-ion batteries is described in this paper. In addition to the base metals (e.g., cobalt and nickel), components such as manganese and lithium are also present in such lea...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Science Based Concepts for Increased Efficiency in Battery Recycling 2020)
  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
9,003 Views
41 Pages

Applications and Advantages of Atomic Layer Deposition for Lithium-Ion Batteries Cathodes: Review

  • Yury Koshtyal,
  • Denis Olkhovskii,
  • Aleksander Rumyantsev and
  • Maxim Maximov

15 October 2022

Nowadays, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are one of the most convenient, reliable, and promising power sources for portable electronics, power tools, hybrid and electric vehicles. The characteristics of the positive electrode (cathode active material,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,889 Views
12 Pages

Italian Experience on Electrical Storage Ageing for Primary Frequency Regulation

  • Roberto Benato,
  • Sebastian Dambone Sessa,
  • Maura Musio,
  • Francesco Palone and
  • Rosario Maria Polito

10 August 2018

The paper describes the results of different types of ageing tests performed by Terna (the Italian Transmission System Operator) applied to several electrochemical technologies, namely lithium-based and sodium-nickel chloride-based technologies. In p...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,425 Views
15 Pages

A Novel Dynamic Li-Ion Battery Model for the Aggregated Charging of EVs

  • Ahmed M. Asim,
  • Osama A. Ahmed,
  • Amr M. Ibrahim,
  • Walid Aly El-Khattam and
  • Hossam E. Talaat

Implementing successful aggregated charging strategies for electric vehicles to participate in the wholesale market requires an accurate battery model that can operate at scale while capturing critical battery dynamics. Existing models either lack pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
9,230 Views
14 Pages

Antisolvent Precipitation for Metal Recovery from Citric Acid Solution in Recycling of NMC Cathode Materials

  • Wen Xuan,
  • Alexandre Chagnes,
  • Xiong Xiao,
  • Richard T. Olsson and
  • Kerstin Forsberg

31 March 2022

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used everywhere today, and their recycling is very important. This paper addresses the recovery of metals from NMC111 (LiNi1/3Mn1/3Co1/3O2) cathodic materials by leaching followed by antisolvent precipitation....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extractive Metallurgy for the Sustainable Supply of Metals in Lithium-Ion Batteries)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
87 Citations
17,581 Views
27 Pages

A Combined Pyro- and Hydrometallurgical Approach to Recycle Pyrolyzed Lithium-Ion Battery Black Mass Part 1: Production of Lithium Concentrates in an Electric Arc Furnace

  • Marcus Sommerfeld,
  • Claudia Vonderstein,
  • Christian Dertmann,
  • Jakub Klimko,
  • Dušan Oráč,
  • Andrea Miškufová,
  • Tomáš Havlík and
  • Bernd Friedrich

7 August 2020

Due to the increasing demand for battery raw materials such as cobalt, nickel, manganese, and lithium, the extraction of these metals not only from primary, but also from secondary sources like spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is becoming increasin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Science Based Concepts for Increased Efficiency in Battery Recycling 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,051 Views
10 Pages

In this study, a new electrolyte additive 1,3,5-tri-2-propenyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-(1H, 3H, 5H)-trione (TAIC) for lithium-ion batteries is reported. The additive is introduced as a novel electrolyte additive to enhance electrochemical performances o...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanochemistry)
  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
15,200 Views
21 Pages

While electric vehicles (EVs) offer lower life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in some regions, the concern over the greenhouse gas emissions generated during battery production is often debated. This literature review examines the true environmental...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Vehicle Technology Development, Energy and Environmental Implications, and Decarbonization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,133 Views
21 Pages

25 July 2023

Organic acids, such as gluconic acid, have been widely studied for their potential in the hydrometallurgical recycling of lithium-ion batteries. These organic alternative leachants offer several environmental and recycling-related benefits, including...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Science Based Concepts for Increased Efficiency in Battery Recycling 2023)
  • Review
  • Open Access
126 Citations
17,369 Views
41 Pages

The Latest Trends in Electric Vehicles Batteries

  • Rui Martim Salgado,
  • Federico Danzi,
  • Joana Espain Oliveira,
  • Anter El-Azab,
  • Pedro Ponces Camanho and
  • Maria Helena Braga

Global energy demand is rapidly increasing due to population and economic growth, especially in large emerging countries, which will account for 90% of energy demand growth to 2035. Electric vehicles (EVs) play a paramount role in the electrification...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Chemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
11,811 Views
20 Pages

Lithium-Ion batteries are used in ever more demanding applications regarding operating range and safety requirements. This work presents a series of high-temperature abuse experiments on a nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide (NMC)/graphite lithium-ion batt...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lithium-Ion Batteries: Latest Advances and Prospects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,979 Views
22 Pages

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in diverse applications, ranging from portable ones to stationary ones. The appropriate handling of the immense amount of spent batteries has, therefore, become significant. Whether recycled or repurposed...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recycling and Reuse of End-of-Life Lithium-Ion Batteries: Challenges and Strategies—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,352 Views
27 Pages

18 March 2025

Achieving accurate battery state of health (SOH) estimation is crucial, but existing methods still face many challenges in terms of data quality, computational efficiency, and cross-scenario generalization capabilities. This study proposes a hybrid d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Key Functionalities in Battery Management Systems for Transportation Electrification)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,380 Views
17 Pages

This work develops scenario-based analyses for predicting in-vehicle performance degradation of automotive traction batteries. It combines recent capacity performance-based models of NCM-LMO Li-ion (Nickel Cobalt Manganese Oxide—Lithium Manganese Oxi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from The 33rd International Electric Vehicles Symposium and Exhibition (Portland, Oregon, USA))
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,128 Views
11 Pages

15 March 2022

Lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EV) require high energy capacity, reduced weight, extended lifetime and low cost. EV manufacturers are focused on Ni-rich layered oxides because of their promising attributes, which include the ability to...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,773 Views
22 Pages

Electric vehicles can substantially lower the overall carbon footprint of the transportation sector, and their batteries become key enablers of widespread electrification. Although high capacity and efficiency are essential for providing sufficient r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lithium-Ion Batteries for Electric Vehicle)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
496 Views
18 Pages

The adoption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) as secondary rechargeable batteries across many industries, including consumer electronics, electromobility, industrial tools, and electrical energy storage, is on the rise. As lithium-ion batteries approa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Second-Life Batteries: Challenges and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,087 Views
20 Pages

Estimating Degradation Costs for Non-Cyclic Usage of Lithium-Ion Batteries

  • Tomás Cortés-Arcos,
  • Rodolfo Dufo-López and
  • José L. Bernal-Agustín

1 August 2020

Estimating the degradation costs of lithium-ion batteries is essential to the designs of many systems because batteries are increasingly used in diverse applications. In this study, cyclic and calendar degradation models of lithium batteries were con...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 10th Anniversary of Applied Sciences: Invited Papers in Energy Section)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,567 Views
36 Pages

16 October 2025

The integration of renewable energy systems and electrified transportation requires advanced energy storage solutions capable of providing both high energy density and fast dynamic response. Hybrid energy storage systems offer a promising approach by...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fuel Cell-Based and Hybrid Power Generation Systems Modeling, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
83 Citations
7,257 Views
24 Pages

State of Charge Estimation in Lithium-Ion Batteries: A Neural Network Optimization Approach

  • M. S. Hossain Lipu,
  • M. A. Hannan,
  • Aini Hussain,
  • Afida Ayob,
  • Mohamad H. M. Saad and
  • Kashem M. Muttaqi

22 September 2020

The development of an accurate and robust state-of-charge (SOC) estimation is crucial for the battery lifetime, efficiency, charge control, and safe driving of electric vehicles (EV). This paper proposes an enhanced data-driven method based on a time...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical and Autonomous Vehicles)
  • Review
  • Open Access
76 Citations
34,327 Views
22 Pages

The Emerging Electric Vehicle and Battery Industry in Indonesia: Actions around the Nickel Ore Export Ban and a SWOT Analysis

  • Andante Hadi Pandyaswargo,
  • Alan Dwi Wibowo,
  • Meilinda Fitriani Nur Maghfiroh,
  • Arlavinda Rezqita and
  • Hiroshi Onoda

24 November 2021

As the automotive industry shifts from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs), many countries are setting new strategies in their transportation sector. The Li-ion battery is currently the most common battery used in EVs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
21,111 Views
16 Pages

Li-NMC Batteries Model Evaluation with Experimental Data for Electric Vehicle Application

  • Aleksandra Baczyńska,
  • Waldemar Niewiadomski,
  • Ana Gonçalves,
  • Paulo Almeida and
  • Ricardo Luís

13 February 2018

The aim of the paper is to present the battery equivalent circuit for electric vehicle application. Moreover, the model described below is dedicated to lithium-ion types of batteries. The purpose of this paper is to introduce an efficient and transpa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
170 Citations
20,884 Views
37 Pages

Rechargeable Energy Storage Systems for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles—Assessment of Electrical Characteristics

  • Noshin Omar,
  • Mohamed Daowd,
  • Peter van den Bossche,
  • Omar Hegazy,
  • Jelle Smekens,
  • Thierry Coosemans and
  • Joeri van Mierlo

10 August 2012

In this paper, the performances of various lithium-ion chemistries for use in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles have been investigated and compared to several other rechargeable energy storage systems technologies such as lead-acid, nickel-metal hydri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vehicle to Grid)
  • Article
  • Open Access
557 Views
25 Pages

12 September 2026

The most important factor affecting the power and efficiency of electric vehicles is the configuration of the cathode active materials in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Selecting this configuration chemistry requires a comprehensive evaluation of the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Energy and Dynamical Systems)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,701 Views
15 Pages

16 September 2025

Waste lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), which usually contain dangerous organic electrolytes and transition metals, including nickel, cobalt, iron, and manganese, can hurt the environment and human health. Substantial advancements have been achieved in e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Energy Materials: Innovations and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,344 Views
18 Pages

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming increasingly popular, due to their beneficial environmental effects and low operating costs. However, one of the main challenges with EVs is their short battery life. This study presents a comprehensive approach f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Propulsion Systems of EVs 2.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
776 Views
20 Pages

10 June 2026

This two-year study proposes the application of industrial computed tomography (CT) as a complementary technique to conventional capacity and internal resistance measurements for evaluating not only the state of health (SOH) of different lithium-ion...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,239 Views
17 Pages

Analysis of the Measurement Uncertainties in the Characterization Tests of Lithium-Ion Cells

  • Thomas Hußenether,
  • Carlos Antônio Rufino Júnior,
  • Tomás Selaibe Pires,
  • Tarani Mishra,
  • Jinesh Nahar,
  • Akash Vaghani,
  • Richard Polzer,
  • Sergej Diel and
  • Hans-Georg Schweiger

4 February 2026

The transition to renewable energy systems and electric mobility depends on the effectiveness, reliability, and durability of lithium-ion battery technology. Accurate modeling and control of battery systems are essential to ensure safety, efficiency,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
541 Views
22 Pages

GNN-Based Degradation Model Development for an NMC Li-Ion Battery

  • Diego del Barrio González,
  • Alex Roig Fornés,
  • Maitane Berecibar and
  • Md Sazzad Hosen

8 July 2026

Accurate state-of-health (SoH) prediction is vital for safe and efficient battery management, enabling extended lifespan and improving technologies such as electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems. In this work, a graph neural network-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Modeling and State Estimation Technologies for Next-Generation Battery Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
87 Citations
10,282 Views
17 Pages

3 March 2019

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are seen as the most promising alternatives to internal combustion vehicles, as a means to reduce the energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transport...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Life Cycle Assessment of Energy Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,240 Views
17 Pages

Sustainable Recovery of Critical Metals from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Deep Eutectic Solvents

  • Jafar Goudarzi,
  • Zhi Chen,
  • Gaixia Zhang,
  • Jinguang Hu,
  • Karim Zaghib,
  • Sixu Deng,
  • Afzal Ahmed Dar,
  • Xiaolei Wang,
  • Fariborz Haghighat and
  • Antonio Avalos Ramirez
  • + 2 authors

14 September 2025

The surging demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has intensified the need for sustainable recovery of critical metals such as lithium, manganese, cobalt, and nickel from spent cathodes. While conventional hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,464 Views
29 Pages

23 November 2020

Electric vehicles have been issued to achieve sustainable mobility. Main factors to sustainable electric vehicle (EV) are that lithium-ion battery (LIB) has to maintain lower cost, lighter weight, SOC (state of charge), thermal stability, and driving...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,290 Views
11 Pages

15 March 2025

Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxides (NMCs) are widely used as cathode materials in commercial batteries. Efforts have been made to enhance battery energy density and stability by adjusting the element ratio. Nickel-rich NMC shows promise due to it...

(This article belongs to the Section Materials for Energy Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,811 Views
14 Pages

Online Multi Chemistry SoC Estimation Technique Using Data Driven Battery Model Parameter Estimation

  • Lysander De Sutter,
  • Alexandros Nikolian,
  • Jean-Marc Timmermans,
  • Noshin Omar and
  • Joeri Van Mierlo

Kalman filters have shown to be a very accurate and robust method for State of Charge estimation. However, their performance depends heavily on the accuracy of the used battery model and its parameters. These battery model parameters have shown to va...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from The 30th International Electric Vehicles Symposium and Exhibition (Stuttgart, Germany))
  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
13,588 Views
30 Pages

20 January 2021

In the frame of global demand for electrical storage based on lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), their recycling with a focus on the circular economy is a critical topic. In terms of political incentives, the European legislative is currently under revisi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Science Based Concepts for Increased Efficiency in Battery Recycling 2020)
  • Article
  • Open Access
126 Citations
25,406 Views
32 Pages

27 January 2021

This paper presents the results of an environmental assessment of a Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) Lithium-ion traction battery for Battery Electric Light-Duty Commercial Vehicles (BEV-LDCV) used for urban and regional freight haulage. A cradle-to-gra...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)

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