Inem - Institute for sustainable energy technology ans mobility Leonard Kurz, B.Eng.

Article:

09/2025: Leonard Kurz, Simon Glöser-Chahoud, Ralf Wörner, Frederik Reichert, Ex-ante environmental impact analysis of reactivation methods in the direct recycling of cathode active materials from spent lithium-ion batteries, Journal of Power Sources Advances, Volume 36, 2025, 100189, ISSN 2666-2485, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powera.2025.100189 

08/2023: Sonja Rosenberg, Leonard Kurz, Sandra Huster, Steven Wehrstein, Steffen Kiemel, Frank Schultmann, Frederik Reichert, Ralf Wörner, Simon Glöser-Chahoud, Combining dynamic material flow analysis and life cycle assessment to evaluate environmental benefits of recycling – A case study for direct and hydrometallurgical closed-loop recycling of electric vehicle battery systems, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 198, 2023, 107145, ISSN 0921-3449, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107145 

12/2022: Kurz, L.; Forster, S.; Wörner, R.; Reichert, F. Environmental Impacts of Specific Recyclates in European Battery Regulatory-Compliant Lithium-Ion Cell Manufacturing. Sustainability2023, 15, 103. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15010103  

05/2021: Kurz, L.; Faryadras, M.; Klugius, I.; Reichert, F.; Scheibe, A.; Schmidt, M.; Wörner, R. Global Warming Potential of a New Waterjet-Based Recycling Process for Cathode Materials of Lithium-Ion Batteries. Batteries2021, 7, 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/batteries7020029 

Conference:

03/2023: Ralf Wörner, Daniel Müller, Leonard Kurz: Projektvorstellung der Hochschule Esslingen: Recycling und direkte Wiedergewinnung von Kathodenmaterialien aus Lithium-Ionen-Batterien - Fachkolloquium Informatik und Elektrotechnik Ingenieurwissenschaften 2, BW-CAR (HAW BW e.V.), Stuttgart, 2023 (Talk)

10/2020: Global Warming Potential of a new recycling method for Li-Ion Batteries, Prof. Dr. Ralf Wörner, Henrik Guenthner, Dr.-Ing. Ines Klugius, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Scheibe, Prof. Dr. Frederik Reichert, Leonard Kurz, Mojtaba Faryadras, IBPC, Braunschweig, 2020 (Poster)

10/2021: A Direct Waterjet-Based Recycling Process for Lithium‑Ion Cathodes in the Context of Sustainability and Requirements for a European Circular Economy, Leonard Kurz, Steven Wehrstein, Ines Klugius, Frederik Reichert, Andreas Scheibe, Matthias Schmidt, Ralf Wörner, Green Batteries Conference, Würzburg, 2021 (Talk)

Life Cycle Assessment in the Lithium-Ion Battery Ecosystem