🔋 Hydrocarbothermal Reduction Co‐Upcycling of Spent Lithium‐Ion Batteries via Waste Plastics for Enabling Efficient Water Purification and Lithium Resource Recovery

📝 احیای هیدروکربوترمال با پلی‌اتیلن، باتری‌های لیتیوم-یونی مستعمل و پلاستیک‌ها را هم‌زمان بازیافت کرده و به تصفیه آب و بازیابی لیتیوم می‌پردازد.

📚 Journal: Advanced Functional Materials #AdvancedFunctionalMaterials
📅 Date: 2026-10-16
🔬 Research Article

💡 Novelty & Significance:
This work pioneers co-upcycling of spent LiNi₀.₆Co₀.₂Mn₀.₂O₂ cathodes and waste polyethylene via hydrocarbothermal reduction, using plastics as both carbon source and reductant. It yields a NiCoMn/C catalyst enabling efficient peroxymonosulfate activation for water purification (0.411 min⁻¹) plus 87% lithium recovery, establishing a closed-loop paradigm integrating mixed-waste upcycling, environmental remediation, and resource recovery with economic and emissions benefits.

🔗 10.1002/adfm.79096

🏷 spent lithium-ion batteries · waste plastics · hydrocarbothermal reduction · lithium recovery · water purification