Recycling of lithium based and lithium/polymer batteries

Objective

Objectives and content
The aim of the project is to develop a process that
enables the recycling of spent Li-batteries materials,
and to include these recycled materials in the process
line of battery manufacturing. Using the recycled
materials, the objective is to obtain a lithium polymer
battery with a specific energy of 150 Wh/kg and a
specific power of 200 W/Kg. To reach this objective, it
will be necessary to optimise the main components of the
battery.
The recycling process will guarantee the recovery of
Vanadium and Lithium compounds, which will be suitable
for reuse as raw material for battery components
manufacturing. The process will take into account all
environmental and safety (of human and equipment)
requirements.
The final process will guarantee:
the recycling of 80 % weight of lithium contained in
the battery,
the recycling of 80 % weight of vanadium oxides
contained in the battery,
the recycling of 60 % weight of lithium salt contained
in the battery,
no emission of toxic components and gas,
the scale-up and demonstration of a 200 kg/month
battery recycling device.
The target of the project is to allow the recycling of
all the Li based batteries. This market is one of the
most promising in the world as its increasing is closely
linked to the development of two fast growing markets:
the portable equipment one (video camcorders, portable
phones, computers, ...) and the electrical vehicle one.
It could be envisaged that there will be more than 5.000
Tons/year of batteries to recycle all around Europe in
year 2005. This represents a major challenge for the
European industry.
7 partners from 4 European countries are involved in this
project. This allow to cover european countries from the
southern, the northern and the central part of the E.U.
Two R&D centres, a SME and major industrial companies are
involved in the project in order to develop the European
industry of battery and recycling. This project is
included in Brite Euram Areas. The subject covered by the
proposal is Area 2: 2.4.3.S that is Technologies to allow
recovery and re-use of components from complex and high
added value products, such as circuits and materials from
electrochemical and electronic products, at the end of
their life.

Programme(s)

• FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0204 - Technologies for recovering products at the end of their lifecycle

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Bollore Technologies S.A.

Address

29551 Quimper
France

Participants (6)

Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique

France

Address

17,Rue Des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble

ENGITEC SPA

Italy

Address

31,Via Borsellino E Falcone 31
20026 Novate Milanese

Electricité de France

France

Address

Route De Sens - Ecuelles
77818 Moret-sur-loing

Gesellschaft für Elektrometallurgie Umwelttechnik GmbH

Germany

Address

45,Höfener Strasse
90431 Nürnberg

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Netherlands

Address

501,Laan Van Westenenk
7300 AH Apeldoorn

TREDI S.A.

France

Address

9,Avenue Fôret De Haye 9, Technopôle De Nancy-braboi
54505 Vandoeuvre-les-nancy