Volkswagen-led research team to recycle batteries multiple times for the first time...
- Consortium launches closed-loop raw material project to be funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- The aim is the permanent recovery of valuable materials to increase sustainability and security of supply
The raw materials obtained can be reused in a closed loop recycling process.
Partners from the industrial and scientific communities want to jointly prove that the most valuable components of traction batteries can be recovered and reused several times in succession through recycling. The HVBatCycle research consortium has the goal of keeping cathode metals, electrolyte and graphite permanently in a closed material cycle (closed loop). Under the leadership of the Volkswagen Group, TANIOBIS GmbH, J. Schmalz GmbH and Viscom AG are working together with researchers from RWTH Aachen University, TU Braunschweig and the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST) for three years to research and develop the necessary processes. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
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