Battery second life: Hype, hope or reality? A critical review of the state of the art

By E. Martinez-Laserna, I. Gandiaga, E. Sarasketa-Zabala, J. Badeda, Daniel-Ioan Stroe, Maciej Swierczynski, A. Goikoetxea. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018

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Abstract Lithium-ion battery elevated upfront cost is considered one of the major barriers hampering the mass market adoption of electric vehicles. In this context, second life use of electric vehicle batteries is one of the solutions explored by the academia and the industry to reduce electric vehicle upfront costs. Per se, the concept of giving a second life to electric vehicle batteries simply consists of reusing the batteries that do not meet any longer the requirements of automotive applications, but which could still be used on less-demanding grid-connected energy storage applications. The present paper reviews the most relevant publications in the field of Lithium-ion battery second life, from economic, technical and environmental perspectives. The main industrial and R&D projects are also described, and the most relevant commercial products available today are briefly reported. The conclusions from the consulted references are critically discussed at the end of each subsection, and, finally, overall conclusions and recommendations are presented.

Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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A Review on Battery Market Trends, Second-Life Reuse, and Recycling (2021, background): “Therefore, it was suggested that the preferred way to maximize the cost-efficiency of the batteries would be extending the automotive use as much as possible [119].”
Technoeconomic model of second-life batteries for utility-scale solar considering calendar and cycle aging (2020, background): “Multiple GWhs of these so called ‘second-life batteries’ are expected to become available in the coming years [6].”
The challenge and opportunity of battery lifetime prediction from field data (2021, background): “This is environmentally beneficial and economically viable, especially with the growing market for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles, which can then later be re-purposed for grid or stationary storage applications [122].”