| Title | Insights into Circular Economy Potential of Lithium by System Dynamic Modelling of Material Streams |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 21003 |
| Authors | Lähdesmäki, S; Hanski, J; Huttunen-Saarivirta, E |
| Title | Insights into Circular Economy Potential of Lithium by System Dynamic Modelling of Material Streams |
| Year | 2023 |
| Published | Batteries & Supercaps, 6, 12 |
| Abstract | Lithium is a key raw material for producing lithium-ion batteries. This study applies system dynamics modelling to demonstrate the (1) global lithium demand in specific lithium applications from 2005 to 2050, (2) the adequacy of lithium reserves for future lithium demand, (3) lithium content of waste streams throughout lithium value chain and (4) potential of various circular strategies for answering to the rising lithium demand. According to the modelling results, the main lithium application is battery electric vehicle batteries (almost 60 % in 2023 to 80-90 % by 2050) with current battery chemistries. Without circular strategies, 75-85 % of lithium is wasted throughout the value chain. Circular strategies may reduce the waste considerably (7-47 %), but to maintain sustainable supply of lithium a stacking of multiple complementary circular strategies over the lithium value chain is required. Lithium: This paper analyses the global lithium flows and its potential for circular strategies using system dynamics. Based on the modelling results, the availability of lithium reserves is in risk of depletion by 2050. Circular strategies are crucial to ensure sustainable supply of lithium for major applications such as lithium-ion batteries in battery electric vehicles, grid energy storage and consumer electronics.image |
| https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/batt.202300231 |
Similar Articles
| ID | Score | Article |
|---|---|---|
2496
|
Kautz, E; Bozkurt, ÖF; Emmerich, P; Baumann, M; Weil, M Potentials and challenges of a circular economy. A systematic review for the use case of lithium-ion batteries(2022)Materiaux & Techniques, 109, 5-6 | |
| 1935
|
Goyal, M; Singh, K; Bhatnagar, N Circular economy conceptualization for lithium-ion batteries- material procurement and disposal process(2023) | |
| 10515
|
Dunn, J; Slattery, M; Kendall, A; Ambrose, H; Shen, SH Circularity of Lithium-Ion Battery Materials in Electric Vehicles(2021)Environmental Science & Technology, 55, 8 | |
| 20529
|
Watari, T; Nansai, K; Nakajima, K; McLellan, BC; Dominish, E; Giurco, D Integrating Circular Economy Strategies with Low-Carbon Scenarios: Lithium Use in Electric Vehicles(2019)Environmental Science & Technology, 53, 20 | |
| 3956
|
Sheth, RP; Ranawat, NS; Chakraborty, A; Mishra, RP; Khandelwal, M The Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Process from a Circular Economy Perspective-A Review and Future Directions(2023)Energies, 16, 7 | |
| 28821
|
Ferrara, C; Ruffo, R; Quartarone, E; Mustarelli, P Circular Economy and the Fate of Lithium Batteries: Second Life and Recycling(2021)Advanced Energy And Sustainability Research, 2.0, 10 | |
| 1048
|
Pagliaro, M; Meneguzzo, F Lithium battery reusing and recycling: A circular economy insight(2019)Heliyon, 5, 6 | |
| 16894
|
Thirumurugan, A; Govindaraj, R; Dhanabalan, S; Sakthivel, P; Chidhambaram, N; Udayabhaskar, R; Kamaraj, SK; Abarzua, CV; Nazer, JC; Morel, MJ Strategic analysis of lithium resources by addressing challenges and opportunities for sustainable electric vehicle battery development in the era of global EV domination(2024) | |
| 6034
|
Pratap, B; Mohan, TVK; Amit, RK; Venugopal, S Evaluating circular economy strategies for raw material recovery from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries: A system dynamics model(2024) | |
| 20699
|
Ugalde, JDC; Peiró, LT Circularity scoring system: A product specific application to lithium-ion batteries of electric vehicles(2024) |