Recycling

Biography

Biography: Martina Petranikova

Abstract

E-mobility and significant need of the energy storage are one of the most challenging demands put on the battery industry nowadays. Limited sources of cobalt, lithium and graphite call for necessity to keep battery productions and recycling in closed loop, to avoid the source losses. Since car producers announced in some cases exclusive production of electric vehicles, the metal industry will be heavily affected by the demands coming from such decisions. This contribution will give a prospective on amount of the sources used for battery production in recent years, predicted development in future battery chemistry and effects of this development on the future prices of cobalt and lithium. The presentation will bring the information on current recycling technologies with respect to their contribution to circular economy. European directive for the battery collection and recycling will be discussed as the most powerful tool to improve current status in circular economy of battery recycling.