Battery RecyclingApplications · Battery Recycling
Battery recycling
Know the black-powder composition,
and yield and cost come into view
Lower cost, higher yield and less carbon at once — we read the composition of powder recovered from spent batteries in real time.
The Problem
Black powder (black mass) varies widely and is hard to track in real time.
That variation is a major cause of lower yield and higher cost. Without accurate composition, neither process optimization nor cost control is possible.
In 2024, 3I signed an MOU with two partners of a battery recycling alliance and is building composition data for the recycling process together with them.
Materials
Target materials

Black Powder
Reads the content of valuable metals such as Li · Ni · Co · Mn lot by lot, and grades it on the spot.

Sludge & Slag
Highly variable and easy to lose value from. Improve recovery and reduce treatment cost.
Application Points
Use points
Pre-hydrometallurgy control
Material valuation
Process impurity & foreign-matter management
Next-gen battery recycling
Sludge & slag recovery
Maximize recovery of valuable components

Circularity
Turning recycled material
into trusted industrial feedstock

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