Life cycle assessment of lithium-ion batteries: a critical review

F Arshad, J Lin, N Manurkar, E Fan, A Ahmad… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evolving technological advances are predictable to promote environmentally sustainable
development. Regardless the development of novel technologies including Li-ion batteries …

[HTML][HTML] A review of methods and data to determine raw material criticality

D Schrijvers, A Hool, GA Blengini, WQ Chen… - Resources, conservation …, 2020 - Elsevier
The assessment of the criticality of raw materials allows the identification of the likelihood of
a supply disruption of a material and the vulnerability of a system (eg a national economy …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying supply risks by mapping the cobalt supply chain

S Van den Brink, R Kleijn, B Sprecher… - Resources, Conservation …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cobalt is considered a critical raw material. Global cobalt demand is expected to quadruple
in the next four decades, due primarily to lithium-ion battery demand. Uniquely, this study …

Disruption risks to material supply chains in the electronics sector

S Althaf, CW Babbitt - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
Electronic products are an essential part of modern society, but their importance has
perhaps never been as palpable as when the COVID-19 pandemic forced almost every …

A systematic review of life cycle sustainability assessment: Current state, methodological challenges, and implementation issues

D Costa, P Quinteiro, AC Dias - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) is a tool to assess sustainability from a life
cycle perspective, which has been receiving increased attention over the years. This work …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods

T Sonderegger, M Berger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The safeguard subject of the Area of Protection “natural Resources,” particularly
regarding mineral resources, has long been debated. Consequently, a variety of life cycle …

Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment: part II–recommendations on application-dependent use of existing methods and on future method development …

M Berger, T Sonderegger, R Alvarenga, V Bach… - … International Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose Assessing impacts of abiotic resource use has been a topic of persistent debate
among life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) method developers and a source of confusion …

Supply risks of lithium-ion battery materials: An entire supply chain estimation

X Sun, H Hao, P Hartmann, Z Liu, F Zhao - Materials Today Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Lithium-ion batteries, as the essential technology for global energy transition, require the
combined support of several metallic resources and the complicated supply chains that …

[HTML][HTML] Central Asia is a missing link in analyses of critical materials for the global clean energy transition

R Vakulchuk, I Overland - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
The energy transition is causing a surge in demand for minerals for clean energy
technologies, giving rise to concerns about the sources and security of supplies of critical …

Lightweighting electric vehicles: Scoping review of life cycle assessments

A Cimprich, K Sadayappan, SB Young - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
In this article, we discuss our comprehensive scoping review of the existing literature on
“lightweighting” of electric vehicles from a life cycle assessment perspective. Lightweighting …