Wrapping up after our participation to the that took place in Würzburg On the 29-30 October, our Resilex colleagues from GreenMat (University of Liege) Abdelfattah Mahmoud, Hamid Oubaha and Max Larry attended the “Battery direct recycling conference 2024”

This event – initiated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC – brought together over 180 participants from research, industry and politics.

Abdelfattah Mahmoud presented in his 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 the recent results related to the Direct recycling of spent NCA cathode active material for Li-ion batteries.
He also highlighted that direct battery recycling is a key strategy to maximize sustainability and geopolitical independence along the battery value chain.

This event was also a great opportunity to highlight several initiatives in which we are involved such as STREAMS Project (Horizon Europe), RESiLEX Project (Horizon Europe), and CISTEMEEC (PNRR – SPW).

Key messages to take home are :
– 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 ;
– 𝘈𝘯 𝘶𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 ;
– 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘐𝘉𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘴 (𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯) ;
– 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘺𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘐𝘉𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 (𝘦.𝘨. 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮, 𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘦𝘵𝘤.);
– 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘝 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘓𝘐𝘉𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘦𝘵𝘤.

Discussions with various 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 paved the way for more collaboration across Europe – not only in battery recycling but also in areas such as PV panels recycling, next-generation batteries and the development of new projects related to energy production and storage.