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Investigation of Potential Recovery Rates of Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, and Particularly Lithium from NMC-Type Cathode Materials (LiNixMnyCozO2) by Carbo-Thermal Reduction in an Inductively Heated Carbon Bed Reactor
- Source :
- Metals, Vol 11, Iss 1844, p 1844 (2021), Metals, Volume 11, Issue 11
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- 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 dedicated to this NMC battery type and investigates achievable recovery rates of the valuable materials contained when applying an unconventional, pyrometallurgical reactor concept. For this purpose, the currently most prevalent NMC modifications (5-3-2, 6-2-2, and 8-1-1) with carbon addition were analyzed using thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry, and treated in a lab-scale application of the mentioned reactor principle. It was shown that the reactor concept achieves high recovery rates for nickel, cobalt, and manganese of well above 80%. For lithium, which is usually oxidized and slagged, the transfer coefficient into the slag phase was less than 10% in every experimental trial. Instead, it was possible to remove the vast amount of it via a gas phase, which could potentially open up new paths regarding metal recovery from spent lithium-ion batteries.
- Subjects :
- Battery (electricity)
Materials science
carbothermal reduction
Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Metallurgy
lithium-ion batteries
Metals and Alloys
TN1-997
chemistry.chemical_element
Slag
Manganese
Cathode
law.invention
Nickel
chemistry
law
visual_art
visual_art.visual_art_medium
General Materials Science
Lithium
Cobalt
Carbon
lithium recycling
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20754701
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1844
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Metals
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5b9f6b45da4dbb5f532f87dbde4178f4