Supplementary Comparison for critical elements in Li-ion battery black mass

Project Description

The global demand for raw material is increasing exponentially. It is therefore vital to improve the recycling of manufactured products which contain high level of these critical elements to avoid losing valuable material to wastes. In Europe, a new battery regulation imposes that critical material be recycled from all electric batteries and that high level of recovery be attained. Similar initiatives are being implemented in other parts of the world. These critical and strategic elements can be recycled from the black mass, a powder obtained by crushing electric batteries, which contains Lithium (Li), Cobalt (Co), Copper (Cu) and Nickel (Ni).

The immense demand for these elements highlights the importance of highly accurate measurements, both to evaluate the economic value of used batteries and to improve the recycling processes.

Registration for other instates not EURAMET members will be provided through IAWG in April 2024.

Progress Report 2025-11-13

The comparison has been finalised.

This collaborative work allowed to agree on a reference value for a difficult to dissolved material where no other quality control or reference material was available.
The Draft A report is in progress.

FTMC and LGC are not longer participating in this project.