Table 3 Topics and corresponding topic words included in each period.

From: Tracking the dynamic evolution of lithium-ion battery recycling technology using natural language processing

Period

Topics

Keywords

1988/8–2006/6

Topic 1 (Mechanical treatment)

Temperature, cobalt, meta, anode, apparatus, neutral, pyrolysis, separate, powder, mixture

Topic 2 (Lithium cobaltate recovery)

Cobalt, solution, acid, content, aluminum, cathode, slurry, moisture, dissolution, separate

Topic 3 (Solvent treatment)

Solvent, hydrocarbon, gas, solute, ester, reactor, impurities, particle, dioxide, electrolyte

Topic 4 (Valuable metal recovery)

Metal, cobalt, solution, layer, acid, cathode, electrode, temperature, electrolysis, aluminum

Topic 5 (Lithium carbonate recovery)

Carbonate, metal, mother, liquor, brine, transition, surface, sieve, temperature, polymer

Topic 6 (Electrolyte treatment)

Electrolyte, water, gas, liquid, absorption, monomer, polymer, temperature, oxidation, vinyl

Topic 7 (Electrode material recovery)

Anode, cathode, solution, circuit, carbon, gas, electrode, solvent, temperature, polymer

Topic 8 (Polymer treatment)

Polymer, Compound, particle, electrolyte, powder, mixture, chamber, slurry, film, polyethylene

Topic 9 (Amorphous titanium oxide hydrate)

Oxidative, titanium, composition, coating, pyrolysis, compound, pore, catalyst, mixture, medium

2006/7–2010/3

Topic 1 (Active material)

Cathode, aluminum, iron, alloy, cover, nickel, graphite, compound, silicon, ratio

Topic 2 (Valuable metal recovery)

Solution, cobalt, electrode, hydroxide, metal, acid, mixture, degree, extract, temperature

Topic 3 (Waste conversion)

Powder, cathode, iron, phosphate, carbon, conversion, ratio, cobalt, copper, foil

Topic 4 (Electrode material recovery)

Metal, powder, solution, anode, temperature, salt, cathode, mixture, safety, collector

Topic 5 (Recovery device)

Carbon, unit, nanotube, discharge, voltage, energy, pack, support, module, operation

Topic 6 (Water leaching)

Film, base, methyl, substance, slurry, ratio, agent, adhesiveness, solvent, polymer

Topic 7 (Mechanical treatment)

Heat, medium, unit, supply, cool, compound, temperature, adsorption, condensate, cooler

Topic 8 (Solvent treatment)

Solvent, electrode, unit, polymer, layer, liquid, compound, halogen, fluoride, slurry

Topic 9 (Lithium hydroxide recovery)

Solution, membrane, gas, hydroxide, supply, output, acid, lipid, chamber, deterioration

2010/4–2015/8

Topic 1 (Electrode material recovery)

Metal, solution, heat, carbon, energy, air, cathode, temperature, transition, solvent

Topic 2 (Recovery device)

Electrode, core, carbon, unit, storage, apparatus, structure, information, plate, nanotube

Topic 3 (Other components)

Carbon, voltage, circuit, module, compound, supply, ester, substrate, capacitor, housing

Topic 4 (Separator treatment)

Film, electrode, collector, layer, cathode, anode, metal, binder, apparatus, unit

Topic 5 (Mechanical treatment)

Chamber, cathode, powder, oxidative, metal, apparatus, prepare, manufacture, scrap, deposit

Topic 6 (Valuable metal recovery)

Solution, metal, cobalt, acid, iron, phosphate, mixture, aluminum, nickel, copper

Topic 7 (Water leaching)

Compound, particle, electrode, distil, mixture, temperature, metal, degree, sulfite, column

2015/5–2018/2

Topic 1 (Electrode material recovery)

Solution, powder, cobalt, precursor, hydroxide, precipitate, acid, anode, ratio, nickel

Topic 2 (Recovery device)

Heat, utilization, energy, storage, pipeline, body, pipe, plate, module, machine

Topic 3 (Valuable metal recovery)

Solution, degree, metal, mixture, filtrate, cobalt, acid, nickel, manganese, sulfite

Topic 4 (Waste pollutant treatment)

Solution, phosphate, hole, salt, acid, liquid, extract, gas, wastewater, treatment

Topic 5 (Other components)

Temperature, furnace, absorption, membrane, separate, resistance, unit, electrode, outlet, substrate

Topic 6 (Water leaching)

Electrode, layer, solvent, collector, cathode, solution, metal, particle, surface, aluminum

Topic 7 (Separator treatment)

Liquid, membrane, carbon, electrolyte, chamber, shell, separate, unit, copper, plate

2018/3–2022/12

Topic 1 (Water leaching)

Phase, solvent, extract, liquid, salt, oil, oxalate, composition, stream, evaporator

Topic 2 (Mechanical treatment)

Aluminum, copper, foil, separate, electrode, liquid, cobalt, extract, piece, titanium

Topic 3 (Separator treatment)

Film, capacitor, piece, unit, separate, electrode, coat, membrane, polymer, diaphragm

Topic 4 (Battery condition monitoring)

Energy, storage, supply, vehicle, apparatus, discharge, exchange, switch, capacitor, accumulator

Topic5 (Heat treatment)

Water, temperature, degree, hydrogen, vacuum, furnace, ratio, pressure, time, rate

Topic 6 (Valuable metal recovery)

Solution, cobalt, acid, hydroxide, metal, precipitate, sodium, liquid, sulfite, nickel

Topic 7 (Carbon cathode material recovery)

Particle, sheet, anode, carbon, silicon, layer, surface, core, collector, precursor

Topic 8 (Electrolyte treatment)

Electrolyte, module, compound, pack, composition, solvent, alkyl, charge, contact, housing

Topic 9 (Waste pollutant treatment)

Filtrate, filter, reaction, tank, slurry, wastewater, dioxide, residue, gas, ammonia

Topic 10 (Recovery device)

Plate, box, utilization, mechanism, body, tank, pipe, shell, frame, shaft

Topic 11 (Lithium iron phosphate recovery)

Iron, phosphate, source, solution, phosphorus, acid, reaction, filtrate, powder, mixture

Topic 12 (Electrode material recovery)

Electrode, metal, cathode, cobalt, mixture, anode, nickel, element, solution, powder

Topic 13 (Green recovery)

Gas, powder, treatment, pyrolysis, reduction, metal, absorption, tail, bioleaching, oxidative