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Project Code [19/FIP/ZE/7567]

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Project title

Closing the circuit - bringing lithium cobalt batteries into the circular economy

Primary Funding Agency

Science Foundation Ireland

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

Department of Foreign Affairs

Lead Organisation

University College Dublin (UCD)

Lead Applicant

n/a

Project Abstract

This ambitious project will produce a disruptive technology to bring lithium cobalt oxide (LCO) batteries into the circular economy. We will develop a single integrated process taking post-consumer battery waste and transforming it into new battery material. Cobalt and lithium are finite mined resources and are not currently recycled in the EU, representing a major loss of strategic raw materials. This process will enable Ireland to meet its 2030 Climate Action Plan goals for electric vehicles and enable the country to meet its waste and recycling targets for batteries. It will have a major beneficial societal impact on communities involved in cobalt mining where child labour and human rights abuses are widespread.

Grant Approved

�219,918.00

Research Hub

n/a

Research Theme

Climate Solutions, Transition Management and Opportunities

Start Date

01/01/2020

Initial Projected Completion Date

31/03/2021