Second-Life Battery Repurposing: A Case Study of State-of-Health Grading and Warranty Terms

Authors

  • Gunta Grinberga Centre for Energy Storage, Kuldiga Centre for Emerging Materials, Kuldiga, Latvia Author
  • Ildefonso Elcoro Centre for Circular Materials, Sierra Nevada Laboratory for Applied Photonics, Guadix, Spain Author
  • Brunhilde Kohlbrenner Department of Innovation Economics, Wesermarsch Centre for Emerging Materials, Brake, Germany Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22673853

Keywords:

Second-Life Battery Repurposing; Next-generation R&D; Evidence synthesis; Reproducibility; Research methodology

Abstract

There is real interest in second-life battery repurposing right now, and real uncertainty about exactly where it delivers the most
value. We pull together the current evidence for second-life battery repurposing, covering the methodological, practical,
regulatory and cost angles, with an eye on where practice has genuinely settled and where engineers and reviewers are still
largely working it out for themselves. Selective, context-specific adoption looks better supported by the evidence gathered here
than either broad rollout or blanket avoidance

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