Does the production of lithium batteries require an environmental impact assessment

Socio-environmental impacts of lithium mineral extraction: …

Of the research coming out of the US and China, only 4% and 1% address socio-environmental impacts of lithium production, respectively. Only two publications from Germany study on the socio-economic impacts of lithium extraction issues in production countries (Wanger 2011, Reuter 2016).

A raw material criticality and environmental impact assessment …

1. Introduction. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are one of the fastest growing energy storage technologies, a topic of increasing interest as researchers attempt to facilitate a shift in energy infrastructure away from fossil fuels and toward more sustainable alternatives [1].Lithium-ion is a particularly attractive battery technology due to …

Life Cycle Assessment of Lithium-ion Batteries: A Critical Review

Therefore, this paper provides a perspective of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in order to determine and overcome the environmental impacts with a focus on …

Environmental Impact Assessment in the Entire Life Cycle of Lithium…

The growing demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in smartphones, electric vehicles (EVs), and other energy storage devices should be correlated with their environmental impacts from production ...

As EV batteries consume more lithium, report warns against …

The growing need for lithium — a mined metal used in batteries to power electric vehicles (EVs) — could have significant international environmental and social impacts if the U.S. doesn''t ...

National Blueprint for Lithium Batteries 2021-2030

lithium-based batteries, developed by FCAB to guide federal investments in the domestic lithium-battery manufacturing value chain that will decarbonize the transportation sector and bring clean-energy manufacturing jobs to America. FCAB brings together federal agencies interested in ensuring a domestic supply of lithium batteries to accelerate the

Environmental impact assessment of lithium ion battery …

The most relevant life cycle stages with characterization findings per functional unit 1 kWh with greater than 80 % cumulative contribution in absolute values indicate that the impact factor climate change (fossil) accounts for 45 % of raw material acquisition, 26 % of main product production, 17 % of use stage and 12 % of end-of-life.

A comparative life cycle assessment of lithium-ion and lead-acid ...

Section 4 presents the main results of a series of environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries and lead-acid battery systems, including sensitivity analysis and scenarios. This section also discusses the selection of different battery chemistries and the most influencing factors of their environmental impacts.

Environmental Impact Assessment of Na3V2(PO4)3 Cathode Production …

Considering the circular economy actions to foster environmentally sustainable battery industries, there is an urgent need to disclose the environmental impacts of battery production. A cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment methodology is used to quantify, analyze, and compare the environmental impacts of ten …

Life Cycle Assessment for Spent Lithium-Ion Batteries'' Recycling ...

The management of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is a significant challenge for recyclers due to the increasing prevalence of electric vehicles. Considerable endeavors have been performed to advance the management of spent LIBs by means of the innovation and implementation of recycling techniques, including high-temperature and …

Environmental Impact Assessment in the Entire Life Cycle of Lithium …

DOI: 10.1007/s44169-023-00054-w Corpus ID: 266480565; Environmental Impact Assessment in the Entire Life Cycle of Lithium-Ion Batteries @article{Sankar2023EnvironmentalIA, title={Environmental Impact Assessment in the Entire Life Cycle of Lithium-Ion Batteries}, author={Tapan Kumar Sankar and Abhilash …

Environmental impacts of lithium-ion batteries

Disassembly of a lithium-ion cell showing internal structure. Lithium batteries are batteries that use lithium as an anode.This type of battery is also referred to as a lithium-ion battery [1] and is most commonly used …

Potential impacts of proposed lithium extraction on biodiversity …

Our study does not include recycling as a key input to the lithium supply chain, and we did not conduct a full life-cycle assessment of lithium battery production or EV manufacturing, though other researchers have attempted these (e.g., see Gaines et al., 2011; Hawkins et al., 2013). Regarding data quality, species occurrence data we used …

Environmental Aspects of the Recycling of Lithium-Ion …

decreasing the environmental impact of electric vehicles. Recycling might not only help reducing the amount of primary material required to be supplied to the battery industry but also preventing landfill and incineration activities. Nevertheless, recycling does not imply per se an environmental benefit as its impact is affected by

Lithium-ion batteries need to be greener and more ethical

Yet some are advocating policies — especially in battery recycling — that risk having a detrimental impact on the environment. A world without electronic waste

Lithium-ion batteries need to be greener and more …

Yet some are advocating policies — especially in battery recycling — that risk having a detrimental impact on the environment. A world without electronic waste

Contribution of Li-Ion Batteries to the Environmental Impact of ...

Battery-powered electric cars (BEVs) play a key role in future mobility scenarios. However, little is known about the environmental impacts of the production, use and disposal of the lithium ion (Li-ion) battery. This makes it difficult to compare the environmental impacts of BEVs with those of internal combustion engine cars (ICEVs). …

Environmental impacts of lithium hydroxide monohydrate production …

The demand for lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LHM) is likely to increase in the future due its growing use in the manufacturing of high-nickel lithium-ion batteries (LIB), such as NMC811.

Environmental Impact Assessment in the Entire Life Cycle of …

The environmental impact of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is assessed with the help of LCA (Arshad et al. 2020). Previ-ous studies have focussed on the environmental impact of …

Life cycle environmental impacts of pyrometallurgical and ...

Abstract The recovery of spent lithium-ion batteries (LiBs) has critical resource and environmental benefits for the promotion of electric vehicles under carbon neutrality. However, different recovery processes will cause uncertain impacts especially when net-zero-carbon-emissions technologies are included. This paper investigates the …

Second life and recycling: Energy and environmental …

Owing to the rapid growth of the electric vehicle (EV) market since 2010 and the increasing need for massive electrochemical energy storage, the demand for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is expected to double by 2025 …

Environmental Impact Assessment in the Entire Life Cycle of …

The environmental impact of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is assessed with the help of LCA (Arshad et al. 2020). Previ-ous studies have focussed on the environmental impact of LIBs that have focused on specic areas like production, recycling, etc. According to Mrozik et al. (2021), spent LIBs result in high pollution, based on which an assess-

Life cycle environmental impact assessment for battery-powered …

As an important part of electric vehicles, lithium-ion battery packs will have a certain environmental impact in the use stage. To analyze the comprehensive …

Material and energy flow analysis for environmental and economic impact …

1. Introduction. Electric vehicles can enable significant emission reductions in the mobility sector when powered with renewable energy. However, their advancing market penetration and the increasing demand for traction batteries may become problematic from a sustainability perspective due to the high need for scarce materials, …

An Analysis of Lithium-ion Battery Fires in Waste …

chemistries like lithium-air, sodium-ion, lithium-sulfur (Battery University, 2020), and vanadium flow batteries (Rapier, 2020). However, this report focuses on lithium metal batteries and LIBs because they are the most common types in use and primary cause of battery-related fires in the waste management process.

Life cycle environmental impact assessment for battery

As an important part of electric vehicles, lithium‑ion battery packs will have a certain environmental impact in the use stage. To analyze the comprehensive environmental …

Estimating the environmental impacts of global lithium-ion battery …

A sustainable low-carbon transition via electric vehicles will require a comprehensive understanding of lithium-ion batteries'' global supply chain environmental impacts.

Environmental Impact Assessment of Solid Polymer Electrolytes …

Additionally, Latoskie and Dai studied the environmental impacts of solid-state batteries bearing a lithium phosphorus oxynitrite (Li 3.3 PO 3.8 N 0.24, LiPON) glass-ceramic electrolyte, concluding that solid-state thin-film LIBs may become environmentally preferred over conventional batteries given the higher attainable energy density ...

Estimating the environmental impacts of global lithium-ion battery …

Understanding the environmental impact of electric vehicle batteries is crucial for a low-carbon future. This study examined the energy use and emissions of current and future battery technologies using nickel-manganese-cobalt and lithium-iron-phosphate.

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