Descripción del proyecto
THE RECOBATT PROJECT LED BY DR. TROCOLI (E.G., INEA EVALUATOR, PI EMERGIA, MARIE CURIE FELLOW) WILL FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW METALS EXTRACTION METHODS, INCLUDING LI, CO, NI, AND MN, FROM LI-ION BATTERY SPENT. TO DEVELOP A CIRCULAR ECONOMIC PROGRAM, THE CATIONS RECOVERED WILL BE REUSED FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF NEW LI-ION BATTERIES CATHODES (NMC AND LCO) AND THEIR ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES WILL BE EVALUATED AT LABORATORY (COIN CELLS) AND INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES (POUCH CELLS). DURING THIS PROJECT, NOVEL SELECTIVE ELECTRODES WITH UNIQUE PROPERTIES ABLE TO INCORPORATE SELECTIVELY THE CATIONS OF INTEREST INTO THEIR STRUCTURE WILL BE SYNTHESIZED, AND NEW METHODOLOGIES USING BLENDS BASED ON THESE NOVEL MATERIALS WILL ALLOW THE SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION AND RELEASE OF THESE VALUABLE METALS. UNEXPLORED CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES IN THE ELECTROCHEMICAL METAL RECOVERY FIELD LIKE IN-SITU XRD, ELLS, STEM, OR XAS WILL BE EMPLOYED TO UNEQUIVOCALLY PROVE THE CATIONS INSERTION AND ANALYZE THEIR EFFECTS IN THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE. THIS PROJECT WILL BE CARRIED OUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CORDOBA AND INCLUDES COLLABORATION/STAGES WITH HIGHLY RENOWNED GROUPS LIKE PROF. JORDI CABANA (4 WEEKS AT ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY), PROF. LA MANTIA (4 WEEKS AT BREMEN UNIVERSITY), AND LEADING SPANISH BATTERY FABRICATION COMPANY (MINDCAPS PHI4TECH) GIVING A CLOSE TO INDUSTRY CHARACTER TO THIS PROJECT. ETALS RECOVERY\ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS\CIRCULAR ECONOMY\BATTERIES RECYCLING\PRUSSIAN BLUE\LI-ION BATTERIES\ION-PUMPING TECHNOLOGY\LITHIUM PRODUCTION