It is estimated that recycling can save up to 51% of the extracted raw materials, in addition to the reduction in the use of fossil fuels and nuclear energy in both the extraction and reduction processes . One benefit of a LIB compared to a primary battery is that they can be repurposed and given a second life.
Battery raw materials like lithium carbonate (Li 2 CO 3), lithium hydroxide (LiOH), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co) have experienced significant price fluctuations over the past five years. Figures 1 and 2 show the development of material spot prices between 2018 and 2023.
In the United States, our cost assessment finds that recycling cells with a nominal capacity of 1 kWh –the useful capacity of a battery at end-of-life is usually between 60 and 80% of nominal capacity– costs $6.8 to $8.6. These costs are fairly small compared to cell manufacturing costs of $94.5 kWh −1.
The average LiB cell cost for all battery types in their work stands approximately at 470 US$.kWh −1. A range of 305 to 460.9 US$.kWh −1 is reported for 2010 in other studies [75, 100, 101]. Moreover, the generic historical LiB cost trajectory is in good agreement with other works mentioned in Fig. 6, particularly, the Bloomberg report .
Strong growth in lithium-ion battery (LIB) demand requires a robust understanding of both costs and environmental impacts across the value-chain. Recent announcements of LIB manufacturers to venture into cathode active material (CAM) synthesis and recycling expands the process segments under their influence.
And so more and more of the technological innovations introduced into the battery are aimed at reducing costs, even if at the same time features such as vehicle range tend to deteriorate. The largest single contributor to the cost of battery cells is the materials used in them, especially the cathode materials.
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