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Wang Z, Li M, Fu B, Cao W, Bo X. Recycling cobalt from spent lithium-ion batteries for designing the novel cobalt nitride followers: Towards efficient overall water splitting and advanced zinc-air batteries. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 662:218-230. [PMID: 38350345 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/15/2024]
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Although cobalt nitride (CoN)-based nanomaterials have been widely designed as advanced oxygen evolution reaction (OER), hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts, the continuous consumption of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has led to a high price of cobalt metal. Therefore, in the future, recycling valuable Co elements from spent devices and boosting their service efficiency will inevitably promote the utilization of Co-based materials in water splitting and zinc-air batteries (ZABs). Herein, we realize the Co recycling from spent LIBs by a simple hydrometallurgy method. Under the assistance of hexamethylenetetramine and polystyrene spheres, after the hydrothermal and pyrolysis treatment in the NH3 atmosphere, the as-reclaimed cobalt oxalates were successfully transformed into novel three-dimensional (3D) CoN nanoflowers (denoted as CoN NFs). Benefiting from the unique 3D flower-like architectures, intrinsic high conductivity, large surface area, uniformly dispersed CoN nanoparticles, and the synergistic effect between Co3N and CoO phases, the 3D flower-like CoN NFs exhibited excellent OER catalytic activity. The performance was much better than commercial RuO2 in the 1.0 M KOH solution. Furthermore, the CoN NFs-based water splitting cell needed a voltage of 1.608 V to achieve the current density of 10 mA cm-2, which is even 16 mV smaller than that of Pt/C||RuO2 benchmark (1.624 V). Meanwhile, the CoN NFs-derived ZAB exhibited a high peak power density of 107.3 mW cm-2 (vs. 103.2 mW cm-2 of Pt/C-RuO2-based ZAB) and a low charge-discharge voltage gap (0.93 V vs. 1.43 V of Pt/C-RuO2-based ZAB). Due to the excellent structural and elemental stabilities, the corresponding water splitting cell and ZAB had outstanding durability. This work successfully explored an advanced industrial chain from recycling Co metal in spent devices to designing the high-efficiency HER/OER/ORR electrocatalysts for advanced water splitting devices and ZABs. This will further promote the value-added utilization of valuable Co metal in various energy storage or conversion devices.
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- Zhuang Wang
- School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, China.
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- National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Lithium-ion Batteries and Materials Preparation Technology, Faculty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650093, China.
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- School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, China
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- School of Light Industry, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Nanobiosensing and Nanobioanalysis at Universities of Jilin Province, Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.
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Su H, Xie Z, Feng J, Wang Q, Zhou J, Fu Q, Meng T, Huang B, Meng C, Tong Y. Electrolyte additive strategy enhancing the electrochemical performance of a soft-packed LiCoO 2//graphite full cell. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:8723-8732. [PMID: 35612273 DOI: 10.1039/d2dt01088g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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During the development of high-capacity, ultra-stable battery electrode materials, battery performance, and safety issues are proved to be related to the properties of the electrolyte used. The employment of electrolyte additives is to improve the battery electrolyte properties. Representative commercial two-electrode LiCoO2//graphite pouch cells are used to study electrolyte additives represented by fluoroethylene carbonate (FEC) to improve the electrochemical stability of a commercial pouch full cell. The study reveals that a 1.5% FEC electrolyte additive has the best stability in the voltage range of 3.0-4.2 V.
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- Hongjie Su
- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China.,School of Chemistry, Dalian University, Dalian 116024, People's Republic of China
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- MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, The Key Lab of Low-Carbon Chemistry & Energy Conservation of Guangdong Province, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, People's Republic of China.
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Raj T, Chandrasekhar K, Kumar AN, Sharma P, Pandey A, Jang M, Jeon BH, Varjani S, Kim SH. Recycling of cathode material from spent lithium-ion batteries: Challenges and future perspectives. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 429:128312. [PMID: 35086036 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The intrinsic advancement of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for application in electric vehicles (EVs), portable electronic devices, and energy-storage devices has led to an increase in the number of spent LIBs. Spent LIBs contain hazardous metals (such as Li, Co, Ni, and Mn), toxic and corrosive electrolytes, metal casting, and polymer binders that pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. Additionally, spent LIBs may serve as an economic source for transition metals, which could be applied to redesigning under a closed-circuit recycling process. Thus, the development of environmentally benign, low cost, and efficient processes for recycling of LIBs for a sustainable future has attracted worldwide attention. Therefore, herein, we introduce the concept of LIBs and review state-of-art technologies for metal recycling processes. Moreover, we emphasize on LIB pretreatment approaches, metal extraction, and pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, and biometallurgical approaches. Direct recycling technologies combined with the profitable and sustainable cathode healing technology have significant potential for the recycling of LIBs without decomposition into substituent elements or precipitation; hence, these technologies can be industrially adopted for EV batteries. Finally, commercial technological developments, existing challenges, and suggestions are presented for the development of effective, environmentally friendly recycling technology for the future.
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- Tirath Raj
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, 138602, Singapore
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- Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow 226 001, India
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 010, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Liu Z, Cheng L, Zeng J, Hu X, Zhangxue S, Yuan S, Bo Q, Zhang B, Jiang Y. Synthesis, characterization and catalytic performance of nanocrystalline Co3O4 towards propane combustion: Effects of small molecular carboxylic acids. J SOLID STATE CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Long X, Chen R, Tan J, Lu Y, Wang J, Huang T, Lei Q. Electrochemical recovery of cobalt using nanoparticles film of copper hexacyanoferrates from aqueous solution. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 384:121252. [PMID: 31581010 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nanoparticles film of copper metal hexacyanoferrates (CuHCF) was fabricated to electrochemically separate Co2+ in aqueous solutions under various conditions such as applied potential, solution pHs, initial concentrations, contact time and coexisting ions. Results showed that the removal efficiency conducted in reduction potential was obviously higher than that in oxidation potential. The optimal pH for Co2+ adsorption occurred at 8.0. Coexisting ions studies revealed that Co2+ could be removed from aqueous solutions containing Li+, Cu2+ and Al3+. Considering that cobalt and lithium are the main metallic elements in LiCoO2, the effect of different ionic strengths (IS) of LiNO3 (0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10) on adsorption was further investigated. Results showed that IS of LiNO3 had little impact on the removal efficiency of Co2+, which indicated the potential of selective recovery of cobalt from LiCoO2 in spent lithium-ion batteries. X-ray energy-dispersion spectroscopy (EDS) confirmed that the Co2+ could be adsorbed effectively onto CuHCF film. The adsorption was well described by Langmuir isotherm and the maximum sorption capacity is 218.82 mg/g. The kinetic rate of Co2+ adsorption was rapid initially and attained equilibrium within 60 min, and the data well fitted the Redlich-Peterson and the Elovich model, implying a chemisorption dominated process.
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- Xinxin Long
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19A, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19A, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19A, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, East Outer Ring Road, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19A, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Yunnan University, East Outer Ring Road, Kunming, 650500, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19A, Beijing, 100049, China
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Liu B, Huang Q, Su Y, Sun L, Wu T, Wang G, Kelly RM, Wu F. Maleic, glycolic and acetoacetic acids-leaching for recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries: leaching parameters, thermodynamics and kinetics. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2019; 6:191061. [PMID: 31598322 PMCID: PMC6774949 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Environmentally friendly acid-leaching processes with three organic acids (maleic, glycolic and acetoacetic) were developed to recover valuable metals from the cathodic material of spent lithium-ion batteries (LiCoO2). The leaching efficiencies of Li and Co by the maleic acid were 99.58% and 98.77%, respectively. The leaching efficiencies of Li and Co by the glycolic acid were 98.54% and 97.83%, while those by the acetoacetic acid were 98.62% and 97.99%, respectively. The optimal acid concentration for the maleic acid-, glycolic acid- and acetoacetic acid-leaching processes were 1, 2 and 1.5 mol l-1, respectively, while their optimal H2O2 concentrations were 1.5, 2 and 1.5 vol%, respectively. The optimal solid/liquid ratio, temperature and reaction time for the leaching process of the three organic acids was the same (10 g l-1, 70°C, 60 min). The thermodynamic formation energy of the leaching products and the Gibbs free energy of the leaching reactions were calculated, and the kinetic study showed that the leaching processes fit well with the shrinking-core model. Based on the comparison in the leaching parameters, the efficacy and availability of the three acids is as follows: maleic acid > acetoacetic acid > glycolic acid.
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- Borui Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Authors for correspondence: Qing Huang e-mail:
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
- Authors for correspondence: Yuefeng Su e-mail:
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Rykell Scientific Editorial, LLC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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Verma A, Kore R, Corbin DR, Shiflett MB. Metal Recovery Using Oxalate Chemistry: A Technical Review. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ankit Verma
- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 1530 West 15th Street, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, University of Kansas, 1501 Wakarusa Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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A Fast Metals Recovery Method for the Synthesis of Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide Material from Cathode Waste. METALS 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/met9050615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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An approach for a fast recycling process for Lithium Nickel Cobalt Aluminum Oxide (NCA) cathode scrap material without the presence of a reducing agent was proposed. The combination of metal leaching using strong acids (HCl, H2SO4, HNO3) and mixed metal hydroxide co-precipitation followed by heat treatment was investigated to resynthesize NCA. The most efficient leaching with a high solid loading rate (100 g/L) was obtained using HCl, resulting in Ni, Co, and Al leaching efficiencies of 99.8%, 95.6%, and 99.5%, respectively. The recycled NCA (RNCA) was successfully synthesized and in good agreement with JCPDS Card #87-1562. The highly crystalline RNCA presents the highest specific discharge capacity of a full cell (RNCA vs. Graphite) of 124.2 mAh/g with capacity retention of 96% after 40 cycles. This result is comparable with commercial NCA. Overall, this approach is faster than that in the previous study, resulting in more efficient and facile treatment of the recycling process for NCA waste and providing 35 times faster processing.
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Bulk nanostructured materials (BNMs) are defined as polycrystalline bulk solids with nanocrystalline (NC) or ultrafine-grained (UFG) microstructures. [...]
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