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Meeting 2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
Symposium REWAS 2022: Coupling Metallurgy and Sustainability: An EPD Symposium in Honor of Diran Apelian
Presentation Title NOW ON-DEMAND ONLY - The Circular Economy in Practice: A Case Study in Li-ion Battery Recycling and Materials Re-integration
Author(s) Eric Gratz
On-Site Speaker (Planned) Eric Gratz
Abstract Scope Global demand for battery materials is at an all-time high. This makes it for a unique opportunity for materials re-integration to occur alongside a global shift in technology adaption: the transition from the internal combustion engine to the electric vehicle. Currently, the cost of batteries is the biggest deterrent to electric vehicle adoption with the materials cost being the highest cost in deploying batteries in electric vehicles. Recycled materials are one way to lower this cost. However, because traditional recycling processes only recover individual metals or metal salts, from the battery’s cathode materials and current collectors, the graphite is generally burned for it’s energy value and therefore recycling it does not lower the cost of a new electric vehicle. Battery Resourcers patent closed loop recycling process takes spent lithium ion batteries and generate pure cathode and graphite anode materials. This recycled cathode has 8x lower carbon foot print vs equivalent virgin materials. Recycled graphite reduces the carbon foot print by over 50% vs the traditional smelting process. The BR closed loop recycling process can reduce the cost of cathode and anode materials by over 30% therefore significantly dropping the cost of the two most expensive materials in the battery and therefore drastically reducing the cost of the electric vehicle battery.
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OTHER PAPERS PLANNED FOR THIS SYMPOSIUM

A Foundation for Learning and Collaboration to Solve Future Societal Challenges
Advances in Powder Metallurgy
Aluminum Roadmap to a Sustainable Future
Current Perspectives in Metal Based Additive Manufacturing
Electrochemical Pathways Towards Sustainable Energy
How the Implications of Force Majeure Resulted in the Adoption of More Sustainable Materials
Increasing Secondary Alloy Usage in Aluminum Die Casting Industry
Industry-University Collaboration in Metals Processing and Recycling: Challenges and Lessons Learned from a Regional and Global Perspective
Materials-aware STEM Education as a Foundation for a Sustainable World
Nanotechnology Enabled Solidification Processing for Sustainability
New Approaches for Implementing and Teaching Sustainability
NOW ON-DEMAND ONLY - The Circular Economy in Practice: A Case Study in Li-ion Battery Recycling and Materials Re-integration
Recycled Cathode Materials Enabled Superior Performance for Lithium-ion Battery
Sustainability of Feedstock in Additive Manufacturing
Sustainable Development of Materials: Combining Chemicals Management, Life Cycle Thinking and the Circular Economy
The Discharge Crucible Method: Update on Experimental Design, Measurements, and Orifice Wetting
The Ecosystem for Materials Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing
The Framework for Establishing a Collaborative Resource Recovery and Recycling Research Center: A Tribute to Professor Diran Apelian
The Future of the Aluminum Industry. It's Closer Than You Think
The Legacy of Prof. Diran Apelian: In Retrospect
Three Binders and Three Precast Elements from What Was Once Called “Residue”

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