Acid-free photocatalytic recovery of valuable metals from spent ternary lithium battery cathode materials using acetonitrile and dichloromethane

Chem. Commun., 2025, Accepted Manuscript DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01450F, Communication Shiqin Zheng, Jiangyi Chen, Shiwei Yang, Bowen Qi, Wen Deng, Li Wan, Alexey S. Cherevan, Quanbing Zou, Dominik Eder, Shimin Wang The environmentally friendly leaching technology is the core direction to recovery valuable metals from spent lithium battery (LIB). Photocatalytic activation combining with organic solvent leaching is developed. Under the optimal...