Thursday, 7 March 2019: 12:10
Samuel H. Scripps Auditorium (Scripps Seaside Forum)
End-of-life lithium-ion batteries in electric and hybrid-electric vehicles are just now starting to reach their end-of-life. The recycling infrastructure that these batteries are expected to go through will likely result as a cost to the end user. Argonne National Laboratory is working to develop, scale-up, and demonstrate, recycle processes that reduce cost and increase revenue to improve the economics of responsible end-of-life lithium-ion battery management even as the use of cobalt is reduced in batteries. Four focus areas are targeted: direct cathode recycling, recovery of other materials, design for recycle, and advanced characterization. This presentation will provide a summary of Argonne’s work to create a profitable battery recycling system.