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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2020
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Zheng Chen, San Diego, CA (US);

Darren Huan Shen Tan, La Jolla, CA (US);

Abhik Banerjee, La Jolla, CA (US);

Ying Shirley Meng, La Jolla, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/54 (2006.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); B09B 3/70 (2022.01); B09B 3/80 (2022.01); B09B 101/16 (2022.01); C01B 25/14 (2006.01); C01G 51/42 (2025.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/525 (2010.01); H01M 10/0562 (2010.01); H01M 10/0585 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/54 (2013.01); B09B 3/40 (2022.01); B09B 3/70 (2022.01); B09B 3/80 (2022.01); C01B 25/14 (2013.01); C01G 51/42 (2013.01); H01M 10/0585 (2013.01); B09B 2101/16 (2022.01); C01P 2002/72 (2013.01); C01P 2002/82 (2013.01); C01P 2006/40 (2013.01); H01M 4/382 (2013.01); H01M 4/525 (2013.01); H01M 10/0562 (2013.01); H01M 2300/008 (2013.01);
Abstract

In a method for recycling all solid-state batteries, spent battery cells are dissolved in anhydrous ethanol. The resulting solution is separated into solids and supernatants which are separately processed to regenerate the solid electrolyte and the solid electrode materials. The supernatant is subjected to vacuum evaporation to precipitate an electrolyte powder, which is then annealed under flowing oxygen. The solid electrode material is regenerated by washing the solids with water, drying the washed solids, relithiating the washed solids, and annealing the relithiated solids. The resulting materials are suitable for use in fabrication of new all-solid state batteries.


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