Direct recycling of lithium ion batteries from electric vehicles for closed-loop life cycle impact mitigation

Kang Shen; Chris Yuan; Michael Hauschild

doi:10.1016/j.cirp.2023.04.033

Direct recycling of lithium ion batteries from electric vehicles for closed-loop life cycle impact mitigation

Kang Shen
, Chris Yuan^*
, Michael Hauschild

^*Corresponding author for this work

Case Western Reserve University

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Direct recycling of lithium ion batteries from electric vehicles aims to close the loop of battery manufacturing. This study presents a novel process-based life cycle assessment model for studying the environmental impacts associated with the direct recycling for closed-loop production of lithium ion battery relative to the conventional open-loop battery manufacturing. A 66 kWh NMC-graphite battery pack is analyzed using directly recycled NMC and graphite for the closed-loop manufacturing. The results show that the closed-loop manufacturing via direct recycling can reduce environmental impacts by up to 54% over the conventional open-loop manufacturing of lithium ion battery for electric vehicles.

Original language	English
Journal	C I R P Annals
Volume	72
Pages (from-to)	13-16
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0007-8506
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2023.04.033
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Life cycle
Analysis
Battery recycling

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