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Hydrothermal leaching of cathod materials for battery recycling


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The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.

The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DES-24-0062  

Thesis topic details

Category

Engineering science

Thesis topics

Hydrothermal leaching of cathod materials for battery recycling

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Job description

Due to their lifespan, massive flows of Lithium-ion batteries are currently being generated. In this context, the European Union imposes in terms of recycling of at least 70% of the materials contained in batteries with thresholds for reincorporation of recycled metals into Li, Ni and Co between 10 and 20% from 2035. A battery is made up of four main elements: a cathode, an anode, a polymeric binder and an electrolyte. Due to the lack of standardization, its recycling is a delicate and dangerous operation due to electrical, chemical and thermal runaway risks. Current recycling routes, implementing pyro/hydrometallurgy stages, require high energy flows or high volumes of mineral acids. The thesis project aims to study a hydrothermal recycling process between 150 and 300°C, innovative and environmentally friendly, of end-of-life battery electrodes, with the aim of selectively recovering the metals of interest ( objective extraction yield of Li, Co, Ni and Mn greater than 95%). In a first step, this process will be implemented in batch mode on representative production scraps and coupled with precipitation and solid-liquid extraction steps in order to recover the metals of interest. Subsequently, this leaching treatment will be considered in semi-dynamic mode on these scraps. Its implementation makes it possible to control the oxidoreductive nature of the environment and the uncorrelated control of pressure and temperature, in order to sequentially extract the metals. An energy balance will be implemented in order to evaluate and compare these two paths with a view to studying the complete life cycle of the process.

University / doctoral school

Sciences pour l’Ingénieur : Mécanique, Physique, Micro et Nanoélectronique (SIMPMN)
Aix-Marseille Université

Thesis topic location

Site

Marcoule

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2024

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1075080B8EB145D787A6C3C21918ACC8@ts.com

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

A2EBF63A18F24B11BF86617A2BF4B334@ts.com

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