A team at Rice University has built an electrochemical reactor that turns waste battery cathodes into high-purity lithium hydroxide, using only electricity and water. It achieved ~90 % recovery over 1,000 hours with less than one-tenth the energy of traditional acid methods.
(c Vardan Papikyan
(c Vardan Papikyan

Reactor transforma baterías usadas en litio-hidróxido puro con agua y electricidad

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Investigadores de la Universidad de Rice desarrollaron un reactor electroquímico que convierte cátodos de baterías agotadas en litio-hidróxido de grado industrial, empleando sólo agua y electricidad. Alcanzaron cerca del 90 % de recuperación en 1.000 h y usaron menos de una décima parte de la energía de los métodos ácidos tradicionales.

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