The injectable battery. A conceptually new strategy in pursue of a sustainable and circular battery model

摘要: Abstract Energy storage is being long accepted to play a key role in achieving sustainable and environmentally-friendly energy transportation model. Among the various systems, batteries are attracting increasing attention since they offer good compromise of efficiency, density cost. However, sustainability an model based on under debate recycling processes costly energy-demanding. Herein, injectable battery, which cathode anode electrodes not fixed current collector, for first time proposed as innovative concept facilitate process reuse battery cells. Battery crushing during needed cells reused, leads significant reduction number steps, products, thus costs. The proof-of-concept envisioned strategy shown aqueous (standard super-concentrated electrolytes Zn – LiFePO4 LiTi2(PO4)3– LiFePO4), well its plausibility non-aqueous (Li LiFePO4). This new expected be special interest future emerging chemistries with low cost active materials respect inactive ones.