Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. Background

   • Sergej Rothermel, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak

   Pages 1-31

3. The LithoRec Process

   • Jan Diekmann, Sergej Rothermel, Sascha Nowak, Arno Kwade

   Pages 33-38

4. Potential Dangers During the Handling of Lithium-Ion Batteries

   • Jan Diekmann, Martin Grützke, Thomas Loellhoeffel, Matthias Petermann, Sergej Rothermel, Martin Winter et al.

   Pages 39-51

5. Overdischarging Lithium-Ion Batteries

   • Daniel Hauck, Michael Kurrat

   Pages 53-81

6. Disassembly Planning and Assessment of Automation Potentials for Lithium-Ion Batteries

   • Felipe Cerdas, Roman Gerbers, Stefan Andrew, Jan Schmitt, Franz Dietrich, Sebastian Thiede et al.

   Pages 83-97

7. Safe, Flexible and Productive Human-Robot-Collaboration for Disassembly of Lithium-Ion Batteries

   • Roman Gerbers, Kathrin Wegener, Franz Dietrich, Klaus Dröder

   Pages 99-126

8. Crushing of Battery Modules and Cells

   • Jan Diekmann, Steffen Sander, Guido Sellin, Matthias Petermann, Arno Kwade

   Pages 127-138

9. Separation of the Electrolyte—Thermal Drying

   • Friederike Stehmann, Christian Bradtmöller, Stephan Scholl

   Pages 139-153

10. Separation of the Electrolyte—Solvent Extraction

    • Paul Haas, Stefan Pfeifer, Jannes Müller, Christian Bradtmöller, Stephan Scholl

    Pages 155-176

11. Electrolyte Extraction—Sub and Supercritical CO2

    • Sergej Rothermel, Martin Grützke, Xaver Mönnighoff, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak

    Pages 177-185

12. Off Gas Cleaning by Adsorption

    • Friederike Stehmann, Stephan Scholl

    Pages 187-206

13. Material Separation

    • Jan Diekmann, Steffen Sander, Guido Sellin, Arno Kwade

    Pages 207-217

14. Hydrometallurgical Processing and Thermal Treatment of Active Materials

    • Sergej Rothermel, Steffen Krüger, Martin Winter, Sascha Nowak

    Pages 219-246

15. Realization in a Demonstration Plant

    • Jan Diekmann, Thomas Loellhoeffel, Arno Kwade

    Pages 247-251

16. Economic Assessment of the LithoRec Process

    • Christian Thies, Karsten Kieckhäfer, Claas Hoyer, Thomas S. Spengler

    Pages 253-266

17. Environmental Aspects of the Recycling of Lithium-Ion Traction Batteries

    • Felipe Cerdas, Stefan Andrew, Sebastian Thiede, Christoph Herrmann

    Pages 267-288

This book addresses recycling technologies for many of the valuable and scarce materials from spent lithium-ion batteries. A successful transition to electric mobility will result in large volumes of these.
The book discusses engineering issues in the entire process chain from disassembly over mechanical conditioning to chemical treatment. A framework for environmental and economic evaluation is presented and recommendations for researchers as well as for potential operators are derived.

• lithium-ion battery disassembly
• recycling battery materials
• electric mobility
• scarce metals
• recycling technology
• LithoRec
• Lithium-ion recovery
• LIB recycling

• Institute of Particle Technology, Battery LabFactory Braunschweig, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

  Arno Kwade

• Institut für Partikeltechnik, Technische Universität Braunschweig Institut für Partikeltechnik, Braunschweig, Germany

  Jan Diekmann

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