Upcycling spent cathodes into single-crystalline Ni-rich cathode materials through selective lithium extraction
Kyoung Sun Kim, Min Ku Jeon, Seok Hyun Song, Seokjae Hong, Hwa Soo Kim, Hwa Soo Kim, Sung‐Wook Kim, Jin‐Soo Kim, Pilgun Oh, J. H. Hwang, Jinju Song, Jiyoung Ma, Jung‐Je Woo, Seung‐Ho Yu, Hyungsub Kim, Hyungsub Kim
Abstract
The lithium extraction method, involving the chlorination of unevenly degraded spent cathodes, successfully upcycled a Ni-rich single-crystalline cathode material that exhibited excellent performance, especially in bimodal electrodes.
Topics & Concepts
CathodeExtraction (chemistry)Lithium (medication)Materials scienceElectrodeChemical engineeringChemistryChromatographyPhysical chemistryEndocrinologyMedicineEngineeringExtraction and Separation ProcessesAdvancements in Battery MaterialsAdvanced Battery Technologies Research