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Upcycle for enhanced performance

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A method for recycling cathodes without fully breaking down the valuable material, and then upgrading it, produces batteries that can provide stable operation at high voltages, enabling enhanced energy-storage possibilities.

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I acknowledge the support of funders through the Faraday Institution ReLIB project grant numbers FIRG005 and FIRG006 and the UKRI Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Technology Metals (Met4Tech) grant number EP/V011855/1.

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  2. School of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

    Gavin D. J. Harper

  3. ReLIB Project, The Faraday Institution, Didcot, UK

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Harper, G.D.J. Upcycle for enhanced performance. Nat Sustain 6, 725–726 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01090-z

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