Editorial: The challenge towards more sustainable lithium ion batteries: from their recycling, recovery and reuse to the opportunities offered by novel materials and cell design

Mirko Magni; Marcello Colledani; Gavin Harper

doi:10.3389/fchem.2024.1421434

Editorial: The challenge towards more sustainable lithium ion batteries: from their recycling, recovery and reuse to the opportunities offered by novel materials and cell design

Front Chem. 2024 May 14:12:1421434. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1421434. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Mirko Magni¹, Marcello Colledani², Gavin Harper³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
² Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic of Milan, Milan, Lombardy, Italy.
³ School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: electrode materials; lithium-ion batteries; recycling; second-life batteries; sustainability.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. MM thanks Engitec Technologies, Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), and European Social Fund (ESF) for funding his current research position through the PON 2014-2020 program, action IV.6 ”Research contracts on green issues.”