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ArticleAnalytical and bioanalytical chemistry2025

Development and evaluation of analytical strategies for the monitoring of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from lithium-ion battery recycling materials.

Emelie Meiers, Juliane Scholl, Morten Droas, Christian Vogel, Peter Leube, Thomas Sommerfeld, Abbas Bagheri, Christian Adam, Andreas Seubert, Matthias Koch

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Emelie MeiersDepartment 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Juliane SchollDepartment 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Morten DroasDepartment 4 - Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Christian VogelDepartment 4 - Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Peter LeubeDepartment 4 - Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Thomas SommerfeldDepartment 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Abbas BagheriDepartment 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Christian AdamDepartment 4 - Materials and the Environment, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany.
Andreas SeubertDepartment of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg an der Lahn, Germany.
Matthias KochDepartment 1 - Analytical Chemistry and Reference Materials, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Berlin, Germany. matthias.koch@bam.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2039-5567

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Abstract

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are well-known as "forever chemicals" and persistent pollutants released by different anthropogenic sources. The potential release of PFAS from accumulating electronic waste and lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling activities has gained increasing attention in the past years. This creates a need for analytical methods tailored for the determination of PFAS out of environmental matrices related to the named activities or directly out of the concerned materials. In this work, analytical strategies for the monitoring of PFAS in LIB recycling materials were explored for a group of legacy perfluoro sulfonic- and carbonic acids (PFSA and PFCA) and of fluorinated sulfonylimides suspected to be LIB electrolyte ingredients. These analytical strategies comprehend PFAS target approaches with a herein optimized liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method equipped with a HILIC (hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography) column in combination with the TOP (total oxidizable precursor) assay and an adapted sample preparation method for high-matrix LIB recycling materials. The validated target method was applied to a set of LIB recycling materials: end-of-life batteries, black masses from hydrometallurgical recycling, and gas absorption solutions from thermal treatment of black masses as part of the recycling procedure. Investigation results show that the LIB industry can be connected to the release of both "LIB"-PFAS, such as the target sulfonylimides, and "already-legacy" PFAS, like the PFSA and PFCA. Especially, the presence of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as an emerging pollutant in every investigated LIB material type underlines the threat of PFAS emissions from LIB waste and recycling activities.

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Black massFluorine mass balanceHILICLithium-ion battery recyclingPFAS target analysis

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PMCPMC12641044

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