Abstract The ambitious pursuit of carbon neutrality underscores the pressing demand for closed‐loop recycling of lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs), amid escalating production and disposal challenges. Direct battery material recycling, emphasizing the rejuvenation of degraded materials, stands out as an environmentally benign alternative to conventional pyro‐ and hydro‐metallurgical processes that are intrinsically destructive. In addition, given the surface, interface, and interphase as the major failure mechanisms in degraded materials, rapid heating technology (RHT) emerges as a promising direct recycling method, harnessing its distinctive kinetics and thermodynamics to trigger highly time‐ and energy‐efficient, precisely defect‐ and interface‐targeted approach to revitalize degraded materials. This review summarizes recent advancements in RHT‐based LIB recycling strategies, focusing on active materials recovery, efficient regeneration, and reutilization, with emphasis on expedited kinetics and locally confined chemical reactions at interfaces. It also outlines the perspectives and future directions by emphasizing the need for re‐manufactured materials to meet increasing application demands. This comprehensive review aims to guide the recycling and upcycling of spent LIBs toward a green and sustainable battery economy.

Hao Zhang

Yaduo Song

Jiale Zhao

Zhiheng Cheng

Jinming Guo

Minglei Cao

Haijun Yu

Hao Wang

Long Qie

Lixia Yuan

Yonggang Yao

Yunhui Huang

Advanced Energy Materials

ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS 成立于 2011 年，是一个国际性、跨学科的英语论坛，由同行评议的原创性贡献组成，内容涉及所有形式的能量收集、转换和存储中使用的材料。 ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS 涵盖能源相关研究的所有主题：有机和无机光伏电池和超级电容器燃料电池氢生成和存储热电水分解和光催化太阳能燃料和热太阳能功率磁热压电电子学。

Founded in 2011, Advanced Energy Materials is an international, interdisciplinary English forum that publishes peer-reviewed original contributions. The journal covers materials used in all forms of energy harvesting, conversion, and storage. Topics include organic and inorganic photovoltaic cells, supercapacitors, fuel cells, hydrogen generation and storage, thermoelectrics, photocatalysis, water splitting, solar fuels, solar thermal power, magnetocalorics, and piezoelectronics.

《Advanced Energy Materials》创办于2011年，是一个国际性、跨学科的英语论坛，发表经过同行评审的原创性研究成果。期刊内容涵盖所有形式的能量收集、转换和存储中使用的材料。涉及的研究主题包括：有机和无机光伏电池、超级电容器、燃料电池、氢的生成与存储、热电、光催化、水分解、太阳能燃料、热太阳能发电、磁热和压电电子学等。

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材料科学	1
材料科学, 物理化学	1
材料科学, 能源与燃料	1
材料科学, 材料科学综合	1
材料科学, 物理应用	1
材料科学, 物理凝聚态物理	1

Kinetics Dominated, Interface Targeted Rapid Heating for Battery Material Rejuvenation

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