Waste minimization and recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries–a review

Environmental Technology Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 101-115

  Vanitha, M ^a   Balasubramanian, N ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

acid leaching; electrochemical method; nanomaterials; recycling techniques; spent LIBs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908505295     PISSN: 21622515     EISSN: 21622523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21622515.2013.853105     Document Type: Review

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