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A promising regeneration of waste carbon residue from spent Lithium-ion batteries via low-temperature fluorination roasting and water leaching

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Epitaxial Regeneration of Spent Graphite Anode Material by an Eco-friendly In-Depth Purification Route

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Regenerated Graphite Electrodes with Reconstructed Solid Electrolyte Interface and Enclosed Active Lithium Toward >100% Initial Coulombic Efficiency

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Spent Li‐Ion Battery Graphite Turned Into Valuable and Active Catalyst for Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction

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Heterogeneous nucleation of Li3VO4 regulated in dense graphene aerogel for lithium ion capacitors

Zhang, M., Dong, L., Zhang, C., Yin, F., Peng, H., & Wang, G. (2020) · Journal of Power Sources · doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.228364 · Cited by 33

Enhancing the depressed initial Coulombic efficiency of regenerated graphite anodes via the surface modification of a TiNb2O7 nanolayer

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Plasma Jet Printing Induced High-Capacity Graphite Anodes for Sustainable Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries

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The regeneration of graphite anode from spent lithium-ion batteries by washing with a nitric acid/ethanol solution

Xu, Y., Song, X., Chang, Q., Hou, X.-L., Sun, Y., Feng, X.-Y., Wang, X., Zhan, M., Xiang, H., & Yu, Y. M. (2022) · New Carbon Materials · doi:10.1016/s1872-5805(22)60648-6 · Cited by 32

Hierarchical Ultrafine Ni3V2O8 Nanoparticles Anchored on rGO as High‐Performance Anode Materials for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

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Green & efficient regeneration of graphite anode from spent lithium ion batteries enabled by asphalt coating

Xiao, Y.-H., Li, J., Huang, W., Wang, L., & Luo, J. (2022) · Journal of materials science. Materials in electronics · doi:10.1007/s10854-022-08533-x · Cited by 32

Re-utilization of waste graphite anode materials from spent lithium-ion batteries

Li, H., Peng, J., Liu, P., Li, W., Wu, Z., Chang, B., & Wang, X. (2023) · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jelechem.2023.117247 · Cited by 33

Efficient and cost-effective hybrid composite materials based on thermoplastic polymer and recycled graphite

Jena, K. K., Alfantazi, A. M., & Mayyas, A. T. (2021) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2021.132667 · Cited by 30

Direct regeneration of spent LiFePO4 cathode material via a simple solid-phase method

Sun, H., Li, X., Wu, B., Zhu, K., Gao, Y., Bao, T., Wu, H., & Cao, D. (2024) · Chinese Chemical Letters · doi:10.1016/j.cclet.2024.110041 · Cited by 29

Regeneration of spent lithium-ion battery materials

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A facile approach for regeneration of graphite anodes from spent lithium-ion battery

Li, R., Zeng, S., Wang, L., Yu, X., Zeng, H., Liu, W., Fu, D., & Liu, X. (2024) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2024.174691 · Cited by 27

Recycled graphite enabled superior performance for lithium ion batteries

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The Review of Existing Strategies of End-of-Life Graphite Anode Processing Using 3Rs Approach: Recovery, Recycle, Reuse

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Global warming potential of lithium-ion battery cell production: Determining influential primary and secondary raw material supply routes

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Direct and rapid thermal shock for recycling spent graphite in lithium-ion batteries

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Application of H4P2O7 as leaching acid in one-step selective recovery for metals from spent LiFePO4 batteries

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Recovering and Regenerating of Spent Anode Material From the Scrap of Used Lithium Ion Batteries

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Effective regeneration of high-performance anode material recycled from the whole electrodes in spent lithium-ion batteries via a simplified approach

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Characteristics of graphite obtained by recycling lithium - iron phosphate batteries

Shcherbatiuk, I., Potapenko, H., Panchenko, D., Khomenko, V. G., ПАТЛУН, Д. В., Haliuk, B., Derkach, R., Potapenko, O., & Barsukov, V. Z. (2024) · Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering · doi:10.5599/jese.2257

Efficient Regeneration of Graphite from Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries through Combination of Thermal and Wet Metallurgical Approaches

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Regeneration of graphite from spent lithium‐ion batteries as anode materials through stepwise purification and mild temperature restoration

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