New power, old batteries

By Nina Notman and Neil Goalby2019-12-04T14:50:00

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Closing the loop in lithium-ion battery recycling from electric cars

As electric vehicles running on lithium-ion batteries begin to outcompete their petrol and diesel counterparts in terms of sales, the problem of battery recycling urgently needs sorting. Luckily, chemists are on the case, looking at how we might be able to not only recycle every single battery part but even reuse old, whole batteries for new applications.

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