Comments on: DOE pledges $2.91 billion to boost U.S. production of advanced battery technology https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/02/doe-pledges-2-91-billion-to-boost-u-s-production-of-advanced-battery-technology/ Covering the world of solar power technology, development and installation. Sat, 12 Feb 2022 01:38:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 By: Solarman https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2022/02/doe-pledges-2-91-billion-to-boost-u-s-production-of-advanced-battery-technology/#comment-124894 Sat, 12 Feb 2022 01:38:53 +0000 https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/?p=97713#comment-124894 “The funding will also support research, development, and demonstration of second-life applications for batteries once used to power EVs, as well as new processes for recycling, reclaiming, and adding materials back into the battery supply chain.”

As technology in anode/cathode and electrolyte chemistries change, second-life applications may become moot as recycling centers will be able to (extract) the common materials needed for advanced battery chemistry pairings for the next generation of battery chemistry for cells and packs. IF done right, second use will be a mining issue by recyclers to turn spent battery packs into new battery materials for new battery cell production along manufacturing lines. It can become possible for battery recyclers to take in the spent battery cells in one door, separate, mine and extract the expensive and still useful battery materials mentioned. lithium, nickel, cobalt, manganese or magnesium. I believe graphite in its refined form will become graphene to get more energy density out of future manufactured cells and packs, which again pushes second use towards recycling plants that can use solar PV and or wind generation with microgrids containing some of the very battery packs recycled by the plant to actually retrieve these materials and have their own manufacturing line for new batteries. Spent batteries up front, new battery cells and packs out the shipping bays.

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