Industrial Recycling of Electric Vehicle Batteries

Authors

A. Ferrarese, E. A. Kumoto, L. A. Gobo, R. Marquard, Tupy S.A., Joinville:

Year

2024

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Production/Publication ÖVK

Summary

For the introduction of Battery Electric Vehicles in high volume, it is mandatory to reduce the carbon footprint on battery production, which makes recycling as a strategic path. Due to large aluminium structures and mining activities to allow critical materials for high efficiency batteries, the carbon footprint on battery electric vehicles can be two to three times higher than combustion vehicles. In addition to that, the larger use of batteries in many applications is demanding higher volumes of key materials, which cannot be supplied as fast as demanded by new applications.

The use of recycling process on the end life batteries become strategic to improve critical material sourcing as well improving the carbon footprint for battery manufacturing. The most common recycling process is pyrometallurgy, employing high temperature, high energy consumption and higher CO₂ emissions. Even though, it allows a CO₂e emission reduction of 34% lower than new batteries materials. Alternative recycling process is hydrometallurgy, which has stood out as a promising process with high efficiency, use of low temperatures, lower emissions, and lower energy consumption.
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ISBN

978-3-9504969-3-2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.62626/6f9y-xdzr Copy link