ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,847, issued on June 10, was assigned to UT-BATTELLE LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
"Method of recycling materials from lithium-ion batteries" was invented by Ilias Belharouak (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and Yaocai Bai (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of recycling lithium-ion battery materials is provided. The method includes isolating a composite electrode that includes an electrode material adhered to a current collector. The composite electrode is combined with an aqueous buffer solution to form a mixture. The electrode material is delaminated from the current collector in the mixture to give a free electrode material and ...