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Developing advanced recycling technologies for spent lithium batteries and building a domestic self-sustaining circular industry ecosystem (Year 1)

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In March 2022, our country released the "Taiwan 2050 Net-Zero Emission Pathway and Strategy" and proposed "Twelve Key Strategies". In response, the Ministry of Environment formulated the "Strategy 8-Resource Cycle Zero Waste Key Strategic Action Plan". Electric vehicles Lithium batteries used for energy storage are one of the key items. The EU’s new Batteries Regulation will officially come into effect on August 17, 2023. In order to fully utilize precious resources and avoid waste battery pollution, the bill will regulate the entire life cycle of the production, use, and recycling of batteries sold or circulated in Europe, covering battery classification, carbon footprint, electrochemical performance and durability, and battery design. , recycling and other aspects, there are also relevant requirements for the recycling ratio of important battery raw materials. This will be the key to whether domestic battery factories can successfully export to Europe. At the same time, with the rapid development of electric vehicles and energy storage industries in recent years, it is estimated that there will be a large-scale retirement of lithium batteries in the next 2-3 years. Based on environmental protection and raw material demand, domestic demand for battery recycling has increased in recent years. It has also improved significantly. For this reason, our country should pay close attention to the international lithium battery recycling industry trends and respond to lithium battery recycling countermeasures as soon as possible. Therefore, this plan is proposed to "develop high-value recycling technology for waste lithium batteries and create a domestic independent recycling industry chain system" to establish high-value recycling technology for lithium iron phosphate batteries and electrochemical and material analysis testing and verification procedures developed through this project. The low-carbon and high-value recycling technology can restore more than 90% of the effective capacity; in view of the improvement of domestic waste lithium battery processing technology, through exchanges and visits, the upstream, mid-stream and downstream manufacturers of lithium batteries and battery recycling manufacturers are connected in series to create a domestic Autonomous recycling industry chain system; standardize differential rate standards, recycled material label setting and management mechanisms through seminars, expert consultation meetings, etc.; simultaneously understand the current status of EU regulations promotion, international lithium battery recycling technology research, recycled materials Inventory and analysis of market and international recycling management models, and assessment of environmental benefits and carbon reduction benefits of different waste lithium battery recycling models. At the same time, a battery image recognition system has been built to accumulate more than 200 pieces of data, which can be established based on AI model technology. The database conducts preliminary optical selection training on batteries of different brands. The improved battery identification will help improve the efficiency of the back-end recycling process. Through this project, we will establish lithium iron phosphate cathode recycling technology, strengthen interaction with the domestic lithium battery recycling industry, enhance domestic recycling high-value technology, and create a domestic independent recycling industry chain system through differential rates and supporting measures. ​
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Lithium-ion battery, lithium-ion battery recycling, lithium-iron phosphate battery
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