Obtaining and Characterization of Highly Crystalline Recycled Graphites from Different Types of Spent Batteries

Spent batteries recycling is an important way to obtain low-cost graphite. Nevertheless, the obtaining of crystalline graphite with a rather low density of defects is required for many applications. In the present work, high-quality graphites have been obtained from different kinds of spent batterie...

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Authors: Alcaraz, Lorena, Díaz Guerra Romero, Alejandro, Calbet, Joaquín, López García, María Luisa, López, Félix A.
Format: article
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/72509
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/72509
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:recycled graphite
high-quality graphite
spent batteries
acidic leaching
Física de materiales
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Summary:Spent batteries recycling is an important way to obtain low-cost graphite. Nevertheless, the obtaining of crystalline graphite with a rather low density of defects is required for many applications. In the present work, high-quality graphites have been obtained from different kinds of spent batteries. Black masses from spent alkaline batteries (batteries black masses, BBM), and lithium-ion batteries from smartphones (smartphone black masses, SBM) and electric and/or hybrid vehicles (lithium-ion black masses, LBM) were used as starting materials. A hydrometallurgical process was then used to obtain recycled graphites by acidic leaching. Different leaching conditions were used depending on the type of the initial black mass. The final solids were characterized by a wide set of complementary techniques. The performance as Li ion batteries anode of the sample with better structural quality was assessed.