Recycling & Reuse

Second-Life Batteries - An Overview

Second-life batteries consist of cells, modules, and packs that are repurposed into less power-intensive applications when they approach their end of life The end of life of a battery is typically taken at 7080% state of health SoH. Beyond this value, performance degradation is accelerated and such batteries can only be used effectively at a lower C-rate, for instance in residential storage systems Some second-life batteries make their way back into EVs, if a similarly aged battery pack needs one of their cells/modules being replaced. This operation is named remanufacturing

Source: IDTechEx

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