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<url><loc>https://materialsatextremes.com/2026/06/09/battery-waste-is-worth-billions/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Materials at Extremes</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-09T06:49:31+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>Battery waste is worth billions!</news:title><news:keywords>Nanomaterials, graphite, materials science, circular economy, transmission electron microscopy, Montanuniversität Leoben, scanning electron microscopy, Open Access, TEM, sustainable manufacturing, SEM, microstructure, phase transformation, energy storage, nickel, cobalt, Renewable Energy, PVDF, particle size distribution, phase identification, lithium-ion batteries, pyrolysis, battery recycling, cathode materials, chemical characterisation, XRD, critical raw materials, small-angle X-ray scattering, anode materials, black mass, NMC, vacuum drying, hydrometallurgy, multi-scale analysis, physical characterisation, pyrometallurgy, powder characterisation, cohesion, thermal pretreatment, LIB recycling, flowability, tapped density, closed porosity, leaching, interfacial structure, particle morphology, thermogravimetric analysis, EV batteries, Carr index, NMC811, manganese, surface accessibility, lithium recovery, feedstock variability, nanoscale porosity, feedstock quality, critical minerals, solidity, industrial recycling, battery chemistry, SAXS, LFP, electron density, metal recovery, energy dispersive spectroscopy, Hausner ratio, multimodal characterisation, specific surface area, TGA, ICP-OES, X-ray diffraction, cobalt-free batteries, BET surface area, fluorine, black mass quality, material handling, battery waste, binder residues, porosity, particle size, process optimisation, Gerold, battery regulation, EDS, journal of materials research and technology, Anton Paar, lithium, particle shape, recycling efficiency, Christian Doppler Laboratory, skeletal density, nanoscale interfaces, laser diffraction, hazardous waste, end-of-life batteries, Porod analysis, electric vehicles, dynamic image analysis, EU battery regulation, battery supply chain, green technology, powder rheology</news:keywords></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://materialsatextremes.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/li-cycle-black-mass1-scaled-1.jpg?w=150</image:loc></image:image></url></urlset>