US 11,894,530 B2
Methods and systems for scalable direct recycling of batteries
David Young, Sudbury, MA (US); Zheng W. Li, Blacksburg, VA (US); Michael W. Ellis, Blacksburg, VA (US); Nolan D. Schmidt, Pembroke, VA (US); and Xu Han, Merion Station, PA (US)
Assigned to Li Industries, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US)
Filed by Li Industries, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/131,637.
Application 18/131,637 is a division of application No. 17/298,276, granted, now 11,631,909, previously published as PCT/US2019/063305, filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/772,243, filed on Nov. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0246260 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/54 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01)
CPC H01M 10/54 (2013.01) [H01M 10/0525 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a first device configured to process at least one battery into a plurality of core sections, each core section in the plurality of core sections comprising an anode section, a cathode section including a cathode material, a separator section disposed between the anode section and the cathode section; and an electrolyte; and
a second device configured to receive the plurality of core sections and dissolve the plurality of core sections in a solvent so as to produce a mixture of cathode materials from the plurality of core sections, wherein the solvent and the electrolyte form an ionic conductive medium, and the mixture of the cathode materials is characterized by a substantially homogeneous distribution of an active element in the cathode material.