<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/2132CD35-4236-42BB-A77B-923C77C23815" ns1:id="2132CD35-4236-42BB-A77B-923C77C23815"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/282611AC-F2E3-4CF0-910D-800B836B408D" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/282611AC-F2E3-4CF0-910D-800B836B408D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/8691D3FE-16F4-44AE-953E-3248319E7896" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2012-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/59948A7F-5114-499D-83B2-31396D3332B3" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2011-11-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">130714</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Recycling and Re-use of Polymer Lithium Sulphur Batteries</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>OXIS Energy Ltd. is currently in the process of designing and developing a prototype battery module incorporating OXIS Energy’s proprietary Lightweight Polymer Lithium Sulphur (Li-S) electrochemistry. This breakthrough battery technology has the potential to replace Li-ion batteries as the main battery technology in electric vehicles. The feasibility study aims to determine: i) whether there are viable possibilities for finding second life applications for the new battery chemistry of Polymer Lithium Sulphur, once a battery is no longer suitable for its first intended use as an electric vehicle battery; ii) the viability of a recycling process that will meet European recycling efficiency standards (currently 50%) once the Lithium Sulphur batteries do reach the end of their useful life and are declared waste.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>