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Commercialisation of an inexpensive hydrometallurgical battery recycling technology

Obiettivo

The rapid growth of electric vehicles and stationary energy storage is driving unprecedented demand for lithium-ion battery (LIB) materials, placing increasing pressure on geographically constrained supplies of critical raw materials such as lithium, nickel, graphene, and cobalt. The global LIB recycling market is projected to grow rapidly as electrification accelerates, yet current recycling technologies remain energy-intensive, slow, and dependent on complex chemical treatments that limit recovery efficiency and economic viability. In many regions, including Europe, insufficient downstream processing capacity further constrains the ability to recover and purify battery metals domestically, reinforcing reliance on overseas processing and increasing supply-chain vulnerability. Thus, there is an urgent need for low-cost, scalable, and energy-efficient recycling technologies capable of recovering critical metals at high yield.
Research from the PI’s group has demonstrated a transformative breakthrough: a redox-mediated hydrometallurgical process that rapidly dissolves metal-rich powder from spent batteries (black mass) at room temperature without sacrificial reagents, enabling fast extraction of valuable metals and compatibility with continuous-flow processing. Laboratory studies and independent evaluation have confirmed rapid kinetics, the potential for recyclable reagents and integration into existing recycling infrastructure, indicating a credible pathway toward cost-competitive domestic recycling of LIBs.
This project aims to take the essential technical and commercial steps required to bring this innovation toward market readiness: scaling the process from gram-scale to pilot-relevant operation, developing robust methods to isolate and purify metal salts, demonstrating a continuous process, conducting techno-economic and market validation, and engage with industrial partners across the recycling value chain to establish a clear route to commercial deployment.

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HORIZON-ERC-POC - HORIZON ERC Proof of Concept Grants

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Istituzione ospitante

THE CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Contributo netto dell'UE
€ 150 000,00
Indirizzo
TRINITY LANE THE OLD SCHOOLS
CB2 1TN CAMBRIDGE
Regno Unito
Regione
East of England East Anglia Cambridgeshire CC
Tipo di attività
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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