Abstract
The supercapacitive behavior of the metallic cobalt recycled from Li-ion batteries has been studied in this work. The reversibility of both redox process (CoII/CoIII) and (CoIII/CoIV) in KOH 6 mol L−1 is very high and promising for capacitive applications in electrochemical devices. The specific capacitances calculated from cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy show a good agreement, giving the value of 625 Fg−1. The electrode morphology presents a high porosity, thus an electrical equivalent circuit composed of two parallel resistance and capacitance elements in series was proposed. The specific capacitance values calculated from charge/discharge curves at 0.23 and 2.3 mA/cm2 are 601 and 384 Fg−1, respectively. Thereby, it was observed that metallic cobalt recycled from ion-Li batteries is compatible with other supercapacitive materials. This shows that cobalt recycling from Li-ion batteries is economically and environmentally viable for application in supercapacitor devices.
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Garcia, E.M., Tarôco, H.A., Matencio, T. et al. Electrochemical recycling of cobalt from spent cathodes of lithium-ion batteries: its application as supercapacitor. J Appl Electrochem 42, 361–366 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-012-0419-z
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