Lithium extraction from Sucre energy storage lithium battery

Here, we successfully extract active lithium from spent LIBs through a simple, efficient, and low-energy-consumption chemical leaching process at room temperature, using a solution comprised of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ether solvents. producing energy analogous to a battery discharge, but the second electrochemical step (LiCl release) consumes energy like in battery charging. [pdf]