{"title":"The future of recycling for critical metals: The example of EV batteries","authors":"Yanyan Zhao, Gurpreet Kaur","doi":"10.1016/j.geogeo.2025.100376","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Across the globe, the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) has grown rapidly in recent years. With most EVs using lithium-ion batteries, there is a keen focus on the recovery of key battery metals: lithium (Li), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), as well as graphite for the sustainable growth of the electric vehicle industry. This short review briefly introduces EV batteries, discusses EV battery recycling status and market outlook, recent technology advancement, challenges and opportunities and current government initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":100582,"journal":{"name":"Geosystems and Geoenvironment","volume":"4 2","pages":"Article 100376"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Geosystems and Geoenvironment","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772883825000263","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Across the globe, the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) has grown rapidly in recent years. With most EVs using lithium-ion batteries, there is a keen focus on the recovery of key battery metals: lithium (Li), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), as well as graphite for the sustainable growth of the electric vehicle industry. This short review briefly introduces EV batteries, discusses EV battery recycling status and market outlook, recent technology advancement, challenges and opportunities and current government initiatives.