DOI: 10.1039/d6mr00067c ISSN: 2976-8683

Mechanochemical lithium recovery from various LIB cathode materials via reductive ball milling with magnesium

Igor Atanasov, Eliane L. Mitura, Giulia Bianchi, Klaus Müller-Buschbaum

Reductive Mg-based ball milling followed by aqueous leaching enables selective Li separation from cathode materials. Li 2 CO 3 is recovered by carbonation and evaporation, while transition metals remain in a mixed Mg–transition metal oxide residue.

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