Lithium. While it’s not quite “the Spice” of Dune, the silvery, reactive metal is an extraordinarily valuable means for storing electricity, meaning it’s a key tool for transitioning from ...

Whether they power a laptop computer or a Ford F-150 Lightning, lithium-ion batteries are extremely difficult to recycle. These high-tech energy-storage devices contain a laundry list of different ...

Laid out left to right to illustrate notable steps in the process of lithium battery recycling are: a pair of lithium iron phosphate batteries; a container of black mass powder obtained from shredding ...

The transition to a low-carbon economy and the rise of electric vehicles are expected to drive an exponential increase in the demand for lithium-ion batteries. Consequently, the International Energy ...

A new recycling technique developed in China claims to capture 99.99% of the lithium in spent electric vehicle batteries, a level of recovery that would have sounded fanciful only a few years ago. By ...

Tozero, a Munich-based startup that recovers valuable raw materials from recycled lithium-ion batteries, is gearing up to scale. The startup just closed an oversubscribed €11 million seed round ...

Battery waste is a serious environmental problem: It contains substances that pose a threat to both human health and ecosystems. At the same time, however, batteries also contain valuable materials ...

In today's fast-paced world, lithium-ion batteries have become an integral part of our lives, powering everything from our smartphones to electric cars. The demand for these batteries is skyrocketing, ...