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Title	Design principles for LiFePO₄ electrodes with improved recyclability
ID_Doc	16006
Authors	Yang, LC; Gastol, D; Kendrick, E
Title	Design principles for LiFePO₄ electrodes with improved recyclability
Year	2023
Published	Green Chemistry, 25, 23
Abstract	To improve sustainability of lithium-ion battery electrodes there is a need to design in recycling at the manufacturing stage. In this work, a method to improve LiFePO4 recovery rates through binder and electrode microstructure design is presented. Electrodes are produced by tape cast and direct ink writing methods with biopolymer, aqueous binder systems: carboxy-methyl cellulose with styrene butene rubber, or sodium alginate, with and without a secondary solvent rheology modifier, octanol. The recovery rate of the active material is measured after a short low power ultrasound delamination process, performed in water. Electrodes which exhibit good wettability, as observed through low contact angles, and low tortuosity, delaminate faster with higher recovery rates. Improvements from 2% to 60% black mass recovery is observed with CMC-SBR electrodes with the addition of octanol in the electrode inks, and from 79% to 86% in direct-ink printed compared to tape cast electrodes when using alginate binders. These results highlight the importance of electrode design in the circular manufacturing and recycling of LIBs and lay the groundwork for future research into new design principles for printed electrodes.
PDF	https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/gc/d3gc03970f

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