Innovative application of ionic liquid to separate Al and cathode materials from spent high-power lithium-ion batteries.

Highlights: [•] Manual dismantling is superior in spent high-power LiBs recycling. [•] Heated ionic liquid can effectively separate Al and cathode materials. [•] Fourier’s law was adopted to determine the heat transfer mechanism. [•] The process of spent LiBs recycling with heated ionic liquid dismantling was proposed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]