May 2015
Intermediate to advanced
546 pages
18h 52m
English
B. Scrosati1; J. Garche2; Y.-K. Sun3 1 Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy2 FCBAT Ulm, Ulm, Germany3 Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
The first part of this chapter describes the expected evolution of the electric vehicles in the automobile market and the related production of the battery (mainly lithium) needed to power their electric engine. The content will be then addressed to the description and the evaluation of the processes presently in progress to recycle these batteries with particular attention to the economical, safe, and legislative aspects. These lithium battery recycling technologies are examined in terms of their operational steps, including sorting, separation, leaching, ...
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