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Recycling of All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries

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All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Battery (ASSLIB) is a trending topic in battery research. Even though they are not commercialized yet, the expectations regarding the performance of ASSLIBs are quite high. From the environmental and economic point of view, the recycling of battery materials is having higher significance as the natural resources are being in their path to declination. In this perspective, the present chapter summarizes the limited amount of research available on ASSLIB recycling. The chapter includes discussions on battery failure and its byproducts, cell engineering of ASSLIBs, and various methods which can be effectively used for the recycling of future ASSLIBs. The notable methods for recycling are mechanical separation, pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgical techniques involving various types of leaching, direct recycling, hydrothermal regeneration, and dissolution/precipitation.

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The authors (K. Ajith, P. C. Selvin, P. Adlin Helen, and G. Somasundharam) are highly grateful toward Dr. Nithyadharseni Palaniyandy, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa, and Dr. K. P. Abhilash, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, the Czech Republic for providing the opportunity to write this chapter, and for their constant monitoring and motivation. K. P. A. was supported by the European Structural and Investment Funds, OP RDE funded project ‘CHEMFELLS IV’ (No. CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/20_079/0017899).

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Ajith, K., Selvin, P.C., Abhilash, K.P., Palaniyandy, N., Helen, P.A., Somasundharam, G. (2022). Recycling of All-Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries. In: Palaniyandy, N., Abhilash, K.P., Nalini, B. (eds) Solid State Batteries. Advances in Material Research and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12470-9_9

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