Externet Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 How energy and cost demanding is the process to recycle spent or failed lithium batteries to recover lithium into manufacturing new batteries ? From years of experience, only about 25% of lithium batteries get spent; most have a single cell failure that forces discarding the whole relatively good package. Is a non-spent cell from such pack yielding better/more/easier recycled lithium than a truly spent one ? What compounds are not recoverable into lithium in a spent battery ? Does a failed cell contain 'better' lithium than a 'spent' one ? What about when recycling new unused/obsolete cells ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensei Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 The basic question is what is easier/profitable: mining lithium or processing existing used lithium batteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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