Trend on the Recycling Technologies for the used Lithium Battery by the Patent Analysis

특허(特許)로 본 폐리튬전지 재활용(再活用) 기술(技術) 동향(動向)

  • Published : 2007.06.27

Abstract

There are several kinds of battery such as zinc-air battery, lithium battery, Manganese dry battery, silver oxide battery, mercury battery, sodium-sulphur battery, lead battery, nickel-hydrogen secondary battery, nickel-cadmium battery, lithium ion battery, alkaline battery, etc. These days it has been widely studied for the recycling technologies of the used battery from view points of economy and efficiency. In this paper, patents on the recycling technologies of the used lithium battery were analyzed. The range of search was limited in the open patents of USA(US), European Union(EP), Japan(JP), and Korea(KR) from 1986 to 2006. Patents were collected using key-words searching and filtered by filtering criteria. The trends of the patents was analyzed by the years, countries, companies, and technologies.

배터리는 공기아연 리튬 망간 산화은 수은 나트륨-유황 납축 니켈-수소 이차 니켈-카드뮴 리튬이온 알칼라인 전지 등의 여러 종류가 있다. 경제적, 효율적 관점에서 폐전지의 재활용 기술은 폭넓게 연구되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 폐리튬 전지의 재활용 기술에 대한 특허를 분석하였다. 분석범위는 1986년$\sim$2006년까지의 미국, 유럽, 일본, 한국의 등록/공개된 특허로 제한하였다. 특허는 키워드를 사용하여 수집하였고, 기술의 정의에 의해 필터링하였다. 특허동향은 연도, 국가, 기업, 기술에 따라 분석하여 나타내 보았다.

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