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ArticleRSC advances2025

Ionic liquid-enhanced recycling of lithium-ion battery black mass

Babafemi Adigun, Huimin Luo, Tao Wang, Sheng Dai

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Article in RSC advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Babafemi AdigunDepartment of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee 37996 USA.
Huimin LuoManufacturing Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831 USA.
Tao WangChemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Tennessee 37831 USA wangt@ornl.gov dais@ornl.gov.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5004-160X
Sheng DaiDepartment of Chemistry, Institute for Advanced Materials and Manufacturing, University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee 37996 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8046-3931

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is of great significance to supply chain security and environmental protection by restoring spent battery materials to their original purpose without destroying their chemical structure. One of the key processes for direct recycling is to separate valuable anode and cathode active materials from black mass. This study evaluates ionic liquid-enhanced Heavy Liquid Centrifugal Separation (HLCS) as an efficient method for separating LIB black mass into its constituent anode and cathode materials. The optimized HLCS process achieved a separation efficiency of over 95%, yielding a graphite-rich upper layer and an NMC-rich lower layer. Characterization by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) confirmed the purity and structural integrity of the recovered fractions. The addition of

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