Fig. 5: Universality of (NixCoy)MnO/CNT prepared by co-pyrolysis of binary plastics.

Co-pyrolysis recovery conditions of plastic wastes (LDPE, PP, PC, and PS), PET, and two spent LIB cathodes (NCM811 and NCM622) under LIB cathodes/Plastics/PET mass ratio = 1:30:1, 550 °C, 5 h. a PXRD patterns, (b) Li, Ni, Co and, Mn leaching efficiency (c–j), SEM images, scale bar is 500 nm. Error bars indicate the standard deviation of three independent measurements. Representative SEM images are shown; the experiments were independently repeated three times with similar results.