New paper published on electrochemical Li-ion extraction in the context of lithium-ion battery recycling in ChemSusChem. In this collaborative work with Fachhochschule Münster, we demonstrate an electrochemical route to recover lithium ions directly from real battery recycling process water generated during the wet shredding of lithium iron phosphate batteries. Using an LFP-based selective desalination cell, the process produced a lithium-rich recovery solution with 96% purity, an average lithium uptake of 41 mg/g, and a low energy demand of only 1.10 kWh/kg. This study highlights electrochemical lithium recovery as a promising, lower-energy, and less chemically intensive pathway toward more circular battery recycling.

As tradition over the last almos 15 years, our team presents our work at the Ph.D. day of Saarland University. This year, we had the following presenters:

Peter Burger:  Electrochemical lithium-ion recovery from battery recycling process water

Jean Gustavo de Andrade Ruthes:  Electrochemical Behavior of metal and covalent organic frameworks – toward tunable redox-active materials

Cansu Kök:  Composite membrane-based lithium-ion extraction from brines and seawater

Liying Xue:  Hierarchical MoO2/Mo2C nanoflowers for lithium-ion batteries anodes

Anna Seltmann and Stefanie Arnold presented work at the 13th EEIGM International Conference on Advanced Materials Research (AMR) in Nancy, France. Anna Seltmann presented a poster with the title “Ionic Liquids as Electrolytes in Supercapacitors” and Stefanie Arnold gave a talk on “Hybrids for Electrochemical Technologies: From Batteries to Desalination and Closed-Loop Recycling”.

Welcome new student intern Matthew Lowesome, who will be working on next-generation battery materials and technology 🔋

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