About this Research Topic
Developing electric vehicles (EVs) is critically important in improving the air quality, especially in the urban centers where traffic is heavy, thus meeting the global targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, generating enormous spent power batteries, especially lithium ion batteries (LIBs) will also pose a significant threat to our environments if not properly handled. Exploiting efficient recycling techniques is urgently needed to balance energy consumption, material recovery, and commercial profit.
This Research Topic will focus on any advances in developing novel recycling techniques and fundamental theories regarding energy materials regeneration from spent LIBs. We welcome Original Research and Review articles include but are not limited to the following topics:
1. Recycling of spent Li-ion batteries
2. Pyrometallurgical recovery
3. Physical materials separation
4. Hydrometallurgical metals reclamation
5. Direct recycling
6. Biological metals reclamation
7. Pollution control
8. Materials regeneration
This Research Topic will focus on any advances in developing novel recycling techniques and fundamental theories regarding energy materials regeneration from spent LIBs. We welcome Original Research and Review articles include but are not limited to the following topics:
1. Recycling of spent Li-ion batteries
2. Pyrometallurgical recovery
3. Physical materials separation
4. Hydrometallurgical metals reclamation
5. Direct recycling
6. Biological metals reclamation
7. Pollution control
8. Materials regeneration
Keywords: Spent LIBs, Recovery, Materials separation, Materials regeneration, Pollution control
Important Note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
