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METHOD FOR RECYCLING LITHIUM BATTERIES

Application US20260081249A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Inventors

Christian HANISCH, Tobias ELWERT, Lisa BRÜCKNER

Abstract

A method for recycling lithium batteries containing the steps: (a) digesting comminuted material (10), which contains comminuted components of electrodes of lithium batteries, using concentrated sulphuric acid (12) at a digestion temperature (TA) of at least 100° C., in particular at least 140° C., so that waste gas (14) and a digestion material (16) are produced, (b) discharging the waste gas (14) and (c) wet chemical extraction of at least one metallic component of the digestion material (16).

CPC Classifications

H01M 10/54 C22B 7/007 C22B 15/0071 C22B 23/043 C22B 23/0484 C22B 26/12 C22B 47/0063 C22B 47/0081 H01M 10/0525

Filing Date

2025-08-08

Application No.

19294696