To Develop Equipment for End-of-life Lithium-ion Battery Regeneration

开发报废锂离子电池再生设备

• 批准号: 10074744
• 金额: $ 5.42万
• 依托单位: TIONTECH LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10074744
• 关键词: Develop; Equipment; End; life; Lithium

The global distribution such as Lithium, Cobalt and Nickel is highly concentrated and showing characteristics of oligopoly. The prices of the above resources have also been showing a fluctuating upward trend. In the UK, these metals or the batteries all need to be imported in large quantities with a high degree of external dependence, which brings uncertainty to the electrification and net zero development goal on the long-term. Although LiBs contain valuable metals that can be refined, only very limited percentage of spent LiBs recycling goes on today globally. The majority ends up in landfill. Lithium-based battery has been judged by its recyclability in metal restoring because the high industrial cost and nonstandard technical process lead the recycling business hard to reach commercial break-even. Tiontech is a start-up SME focusing on EoL battery technology development. The company founder has 15 years' experience within the whole supply chain including battery technology R & D in Lithium-based and Lead-acid battery recycle as well as BMS and pack development of LiBs. This project aims to provide an efficient integrated and automated equipment for the end-of-life (EoL) lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) regeneration, based on the company's patented novel method which could bring back aged Li-ion cell's health/capacity (UK 2217221.7). Regenerating the LiBs to achieve a longer life will improve the lifetime economics and dilute the environmental impacts associated with raw material extraction and manufacturing. EoL LiBs contain a significant amount of rare and strategic metals that must be imported as the UK has no economically viable deposits. And thus, the project will create great value in environmental sustainability. Tiontech has developed the prototype lab equipment. An integrated automation machinery is crucial at this stage to demonstrate the method to the whole industry.

锂、钴、镍等全球分布高度集中，呈现寡头垄断特征。上述资源的价格也一直呈波动上升趋势。在英国，这些金属或电池都需要大量进口，对外依存度高，长期来看给电气化和净零发展目标带来不确定性。虽然LiB含有可以精炼的有价值金属，但目前全球只有非常有限比例的废LiB回收利用。大部分最终都被填埋了。锂基电池一直以其在金属回收中的可回收性来衡量，因为高昂的工业成本和不标准的工艺流程导致回收业务难以达到商业盈亏平衡。Tiontech是一家专注于EoL电池技术开发的初创型中小企业。公司创始人在整个供应链中拥有15年的经验，包括锂基电池和铅酸电池回收的电池技术研发以及锂电池的BMS和电池组开发。该项目旨在提供一种高效的集成和自动化设备，用于报废（EoL）锂离子电池（LiBs）再生，该设备基于该公司的专利新方法，可以恢复老化锂离子电池的健康/容量（UK 2217221.7）。再生LiB以实现更长的寿命将提高寿命经济性，并减轻与原材料提取和制造相关的环境影响。EoL LiB含有大量稀有和战略金属，由于英国没有经济上可行的矿床，因此必须进口。因此，该项目将在环境可持续性方面创造巨大价值。Tiontech开发了原型实验室设备。在这个阶段，集成自动化机械是向整个行业展示该方法的关键。