CHARGED Electric Vehicles Magazine – May-June 2019

The DOE has launched a lithium-ion battery recycling center, the ReCell

Center, at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The ReCell Center’s

goal is to develop profitable methods to dramatically improve battery

recycling rates. DOE will fund the ReCell Center with $15 million over

three years.

The ReCell Center will have four key focus areas: the development

of direct cathode recycling, in which products can go directly into new

batteries without reprocessing; the development of technologies to recycle

additional battery materials, creating additional revenue streams; the

development of new battery designs, optimized for easy recycling; and

the development of modeling and analysis tools, to direct and validate the

center’s research.

The ReCell Center will serve as a collaboration space for researchers

from industry, academia, and other government laboratories. Collab-

orators include Argonne, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory

(NREL), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Worcester Polytechnic

Institute, University of California at San Diego, Michigan Technological

University, and industry representatives including battery manufactur-

ers, automotive OEMs, recycling centers, battery lifecycle management

services, and material suppliers.

“The ReCell Center will help expedite the pursuit to profitable lithi-

um-ion battery recycling,” said Jeff Spangenberger, Director of the ReCell

Center. “It combines the nation’s leading experts and research tools from

academia, industry and government laboratories to solve science chal-

lenges that have prevented the US from reaping the economic, environ-

mental and security benefits that come with having a large commercial

US-based lithium-ion recycling market.”

DOE launches ReCell Center to improve

battery recycling

Image courtesy of ReCell Center

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