<p>➀ Researchers at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences are developing a new thermal recycling method for lithium-ion batteries to recover valuable materials like lithium, cobalt, aluminum, copper, and nickel.</p><p>➁ The current mechanical recycling processes have limitations and inefficiencies, leading to only half of lithium-ion batteries being recycled.</p><p>➂ The project aims to develop an efficient process in a reactor oven that can achieve high recovery rates of valuable materials from both small and large batteries.</p>