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US 2025/0015378 A1Published application
Recycling methods for lithium-ion batteries
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsJuchen Guo, Jiayan Shi, Jian Zhang, Nastaran Shojarazavi
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Abstract
Various examples disclosed relate to methods for recycling lithium-ion battery cathode materials. The present disclosure includes methods that use ionic liquids, such as containing tetrachloroaluminate anions, or organic solutions of aluminum chloride, for recycling.
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A method of recycling a battery cathode material, the method comprising reducing the battery cathode material with a liquid including chloroaluminate ions and separating materials from the battery cathode material.
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