CMI Project 3.1.12: Li-ion battery disassembly, remanufacturing, and Li & Co recovery News

Recycling revival: Jonathan Harter’s initiative brings creative problem-solving to EV battery recycling

ORNL story about a former CMI early career researcher "Recycling revival: Jonathan Harter’s initiative brings creative problem-solving to EV battery recycling"

image of person standing with laboratory equipment: Jonathan Harter, a technical professional in ORNL’s Energy Science and Technology Directorate, uses a robot and other automated methods to disassemble electric vehicle batteries for recycling or reuse in the electric grid.

ORNL licenses rare earth magnet recycling process to Momentum Technologies

CMI researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a process that can help recover magnets from used computer hard drives, which was licensed to Momentum Technologies

CMI researchers at ORNL developed a process that can help recover magnets from used computer hard drives.

ORNL: Magnets—coming around again

CMI researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated how rare earth magnets can be removed from used computer hard drives and repurposed in an axial gap motor

CMI researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated how rare earth permanent magnets can be harvested from used computer disk drives and repurposed in an axial gap motor.

ORNL: Automated disassembly line aims to make battery recycling safer, faster

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory developed a robotic disassembly system for used electric vehicle batteries to make the process safer, more efficient and less costly.

American Manganese announces purity from recycling test results on EV battery materials for DOE CMI project

American Manganese announces up to 99.72% purity from recycling test results on electric vehicle battery materials for U.S. Department of Energy Critical Materials Institute project

Kemetco Research begins testing cathode material for CMI project

American Manganese announced that its independent contract lab, Kemetco Research, has begun testing cathode material from disassembled electric vehicle battery packs supplied by a Critical Materials Institute (CMI) Team Member.