Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
Synergistic and efficient leaching of valuable metals from spent NCM cathodes using a novel chlorine-free acidic deep eutectic solvent.
Maoting Yu, Chengping Li, Ailin Xu, Bo Li, Yushu Wu, Boyue Dong, Zhaohui Zheng, Jinsong Wang, Yingjie Zhang, Peng Dong, Chongjun Bao, Zhengfu Zhang
Published: 202610.1016/j.wasman.2026.115355
Abstract
The rapid expansion of electric vehicles has driven a surge in end-of-life lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). Conventional hydrometallurgical recycling, dependent on strong inorganic acids and chloride-containing reagents, induces severe secondary polluti…
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