Recycling Potential of Rare Earth Elements and Cobalt in WEEE-Batteries

KurzfassungAbstractList of figuresList of tablesList of appendicesList of abbreviations1. Introduction1.1. Preface1.2. Objectives2. Background information2.1. Rare earth elements2.2. Cobalt2.3. WEEE-batteries2.4. Nickel cadmium batteries2.5. Nickel metal hydride batteries2.6. Lithium-ion batteries3. Materials and methods3.1. System boundaries3.2. Calculation model3.3. Data acquisition3.4. Data estimation and uncertainties3.5. Theoretical recycling potential 3.5.1. Material composites3.5.2. Battery systems3.5.3. Battery mass fraction3.5.4. WEEE generation3.6. Recycling path3.6.1. WEEE collection3.6.2. WEEE treatment3.6.3. Battery sorting3.6.4. Battery recycling4. Results4.1. Theoretical recycling potential 4.1.1. Theoretical recycling potential of rare earth elements4.1.2. Theoretical recycling potential of cobalt4.2. Recovered amounts4.2.1. Recovered amounts of rare earth elements4.2.2. Recovered amounts of cobalt5. Discussion5.1. Qualifying the research results5.2. System analysis5.3. Recommendations5.4. Future developments of the Li-ion battery market6. Conclusion and outlookReferencesAppendix