화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, Vol.42, No.6, 361-366, 2012
Electrochemical recycling of cobalt from spent cathodes of lithium-ion batteries: its application as supercapacitor
The supercapacitive behavior of the metallic cobalt recycled from Li-ion batteries has been studied in this work. The reversibility of both redox process (Co-II/Co-III) and (Co-III/Co-IV) in KOH 6 mol L-1 is very high and promising for capacitive applications in electrochemical devices. The specific capacitances calculated from cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy show a good agreement, giving the value of 625 Fg(-1). The electrode morphology presents a high porosity, thus an electrical equivalent circuit composed of two parallel resistance and capacitance elements in series was proposed. The specific capacitance values calculated from charge/discharge curves at 0.23 and 2.3 mA/cm(2) are 601 and 384 Fg(-1), respectively. Thereby, it was observed that metallic cobalt recycled from ion-Li batteries is compatible with other supercapacitive materials. This shows that cobalt recycling from Li-ion batteries is economically and environmentally viable for application in supercapacitor devices.