Anion-Driven Surface Reconstruction Enables Direct Regeneration of LiCoO

Mengting Zheng, Shangshu Qian, Meng Li, Shanqing Zhang, Jun Lu

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2026. 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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Mengting ZhengCollege of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Shangshu QianCollege of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Meng LiInstitute For Sustainable Transformation, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.

Shanqing ZhangCentre For Clean Environment and Energy, School of Environment and Science, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5192-1844

Jun LuCollege of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0858-8577

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2025M770221China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2025T180055National Natural Science Foundation of China 22250710135National Natural Science Foundation of China 22479030National Natural Science Foundation of China 2250090229National Natural Science Foundation of China 22509180National Natural Science Foundation of China 22579032

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Abstract

The escalating volume of decommissioned lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) batteries necessitates recycling strategies capable of adding value by transforming spent cathodes into high-performance materials. While eutectic molten salt systems have emerged as a promising liquid-solid medium for direct regeneration, the selection of salts has been largely empirical, and the critical role of anions in governing the relithiation efficacy and interface chemistry remains underappreciated. Herein, we demonstrate that the strategic choice of anions in a binary molten salt flux is paramount to achieving structural repair and performance enhancement. We identify that anions with high adsorption energy to the CoO

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direct recyclingeutectic molten salt regenerationhigh voltage cathodelayered cathodespent LiCoO2

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PMID42801680

DOI10.1002/advs.77656

PMCPMC13616404

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