The rapid development of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in emerging markets is pouring huge reserves into, and triggering broad interest in the battery sector, as the popularity of electric vehicles (EVs)is driving the explosive growth of EV LIBs. These mounting demands are posing severe challenges to the supply of raw materials for LIBs and producing an enormous quantity of spent LIBs, bringing difficulties in the areas of resource allocation and environmental protection. This review article presents an overview of the global situation of power LIBs, aiming at different methods to treat spent power LIBs and their associated metals. We provide a critical review of power LIB supply chain, industrial development, waste treatment strategies and recycling, etc. Power LIBs will form the largest proportion of the battery industry in the next decade. The analysis of the sustainable supply of critical metal materials is emphasized, as recycling metal materials can alleviate the tight supply chain of power LIBs. The existing significant recycling practices that have been recognized as economically beneficial can promote metal closed-loop recycling. Scientific thinking needs to innovate sustainable and cost-effective recycling technologies to protect the environment because of the chemicals contained in power LIBs.

新兴市场锂离子电池（LIBs）的快速发展正在为电池领域注入巨大的储备，并引发了人们对电池领域的广泛兴趣，因为电动汽车（EV）的普及正在推动电动汽车LIBs的爆发式增长。这些不断增长的需求对锂离子电池的原材料供应和大量废锂离子电池的生产提出了严峻挑战，给资源配置和环境保护带来了困难。这篇综述文章概述了电力 LIB 的全球状况，旨在探讨处理废电力 LIB 及其相关金属的不同方法。我们对动力锂电池供应链、产业发展、废物处理策略和回收利用等进行了批判性回顾。动力锂电池将在未来十年成为电池行业的最大比重。强调对关键金属材料的可持续供应的分析，因为回收金属材料可以缓解电力LIBs的供应链紧张。已被公认为具有经济效益的现有重要回收实践可以促进金属闭环回收。由于电力 LIB 中含有化学物质，科学思维需要创新可持续且具有成本效益的回收技术来保护环境。