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Life Cycle Assessment of Natural Graphite Production for Lithium-ion Battery Anodes Based on Industrial Primary Data by Philipp Engels; Felipe Cerdas; Tina Dettmer; Christoph Frey; Jan Hentschel; Christoph Herrmann; Tina Mirfabrikikar; Maximilian Schueler is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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The production of battery materials has been identified as the main contributor to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of lithium-ion batteries for automotive applications. Graphite manufacturing is characterized by energy intense production processes (including extraction), mainly being operated in China with low energy prices and a relatively high GHG emission intensity of electricity generation. Industrial scale primary data related to the production of battery materials lacks transparency and remains scarce in general. In particular, life cycle inventory datasets related to the extraction, refining and coating of graphite as anode material for lithium-ion batteries are incomplete, out of date and hardly representative for today's battery applications. Nevertheless, primary life cycle inventory data of battery materials like graphite, produced on an industrial scale are crucial for a robust evaluation of batteries for electric vehicles, material sourcing and development of robust decarbonization strategies. This paper addresses this issue by first providing a comprehensive overview of the existing graphite datasets and their original sources, and outlining the reasons for wide va

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Author

Philipp Engels; Felipe Cerdas; Tina Dettmer; Christoph Frey; Jan Hentschel; Christoph Herrmann; Tina Mirfabrikikar; Maximilian Schueler

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)