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ReviewiScience2023

Recycling technologies, policies, prospects, and challenges for spent batteries.

Zhuang Kang, Zhixin Huang, Qingguo Peng, Zhiwei Shi, Huaqiang Xiao, Ruixue Yin, Guang Fu, Jin Zhao

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Review in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Recycling of Lead-Acid Battery Electrodes Using SbMaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Zhuang KangSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Zhixin HuangKey Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Qingguo PengSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Zhiwei ShiKey Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing Technology of the Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Huaqiang XiaoSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Ruixue YinSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Guang FuSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
Jin ZhaoSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recycling of spent batteries is an important concern in resource conservation and environmental protection, while it is facing challenges such as insufficient recycling channels, high costs, and technical difficulties. To address these issues, a review of the recycling of spent batteries, emphasizing the importance and potential value of recycling is conducted. Besides, the recycling policies and strategies implemented in representative countries are summarized, providing legal and policy support for the recycling industry. Moreover, a comprehensive classification and comparison of recycling technologies identify the characteristics and current status of different approaches. The integrated recycling technology provides a better recycling performance with zero-pollution recycling of spent battery. Biorecycling technology is expected to gain a broad development prospect in the future owing to the superiority of energy-saving and environmental protection, high recycling efficiency, via microbial degradation, enzymatic degradation, etc. Consequently, as for the existing recycling challenges of waste batteries, developing new recycling technology and perfecting its recycling system is an indispensable guarantee for the sustainable development of waste battery. Meanwhile, theoretical support is offered for the recycling of spent batteries.

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Electrochemical energy storageEngineeringEnvironmental policy

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PMID37867952
PMCPMC10589888

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