A process is disclosed which is used for directly recovering lithium and valuable transition metals such as cobalt, nickel and manganese from waste cathode and anode powder of spent lithium ion batteries into high grade products through a cascade reduction reaction scheme, followed by digestion and precipitation cir...

A process of physical separation of spent lithium ion batteries to recover valuable components by using vacuum treatment to separate and recover volatile matter such as electrode binder, electrolyte solvent and salt followed by crushing and comminution to disintegrate and shred the electrolyte-depleted battery pack ...