Life cycle assessment of lithium-based batteries: Review of sustainability dimensions
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F70883521%3A28120%2F24%3A63579619" target="_blank" >RIV/70883521:28120/24:63579619 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/70883521:28610/24:63579619
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032124005860?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032124005860?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114860" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.rser.2024.114860</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Life cycle assessment of lithium-based batteries: Review of sustainability dimensions
Original language description
Lithium-based batteries are essential because of their increasing importance across several industries, particularly when it comes to electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. Sustainable batteries throughout their entire life cycle represent a key enabling technology for the zero pollution objectives of the European Green Deal. The EU's (European Union) new regulatory framework for batteries is setting sustainability requirements along the whole battery, including value chains. For a comprehensive assessment of battery technologies, it is necessary to include a life cycle thinking approach into consideration from the beginning. This review offers a comprehensive study of Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (E-LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), and Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) methodologies in the context of lithium-based batteries. Notably, the study distinguishes itself by integrating not only environmental considerations but also social and economic dimensions, encapsulating the holistic concept of sustainability. Challenges unique to each assessment method are outlined, including data availability (with 35 % of the reviewed studies having openly accessible inventory data), methodological inconsistencies, uncertainty around future costs and social impacts. Difficulties such as data uncertainty, challenges in cost comparison, and the lack of standardized measures are underscored. The research identifies critical future directions for LCA, including the need for better data quality, adaptation to new technologies, and alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Future research directions are suggested -including the standardization of methodologies, and fostering interdisciplinary collaboration. Overcoming these challenges holds the potential to advance sustainable practices in the battery industry and contribute to a cleaner energy future.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20704 - Energy and fuels
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF18_053%2F0017879" target="_blank" >EF18_053/0017879: International mobility of UTB researchers in Zlín II</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
ISSN
1364-0321
e-ISSN
1879-0690
Volume of the periodical
206
Issue of the periodical within the volume
Neuveden
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
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UT code for WoS article
001303932100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85202568696