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Prospective life cycle assessment of sodium‐ion batteries made from abundant elements
Division of Environmental Systems Analysis, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7833-0849
Division of Environmental Systems Analysis, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9258-0641
Division of Environmental Systems Analysis, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7455-7341
Division of Environmental Systems Analysis, Department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8468-1293
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2023 (English)In: Journal of Industrial Ecology, ISSN 1088-1980, E-ISSN 1530-9290, Vol. 28, no 1, p. 116-129Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Batteries are enablers for reducing fossil-fuel dependency and climate-change impacts. In this study, a prospective life cycle assessment (LCA) of large-scale production of two different sodium-ion battery (SIB) cells is performed with a cradle-to-gate system boundary. The SIB cells modeled have Prussian white cathodes and hard carbon anodes based only on abundant elements and thus constitute potentially preferable options to current lithium-ion battery (LIB) cells from a mineral resource scarcity point of view. The functional unit was 1 kWh theoretical electricity storage capacity, and the specific energy density of the cells was 160 Wh/kg. Data for the cathode active material come from a large-scale facility under construction and data for the SIB cell production is based on a large-scale LIB cell gigafactory. For other SIB cell materials, prospective inventory data was obtained from a generic eight-step procedure developed, which can be used by other LCA practitioners. The results show that both SIB cells indeed have considerably lower mineral resource scarcity impacts than nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC)-type LIB cells in a cradle-to-gate perspective, while their global warming impacts are on par. Main recommendations to SIB manufacturers are to source fossil-free electricity for cell production and use hard carbon anodes based on lignin instead of phenolic resin. Additionally, since none of the assessed electrolytes had clearly lower cradle-to-gate impacts than any other, more research into SIB electrolyte materials with low environmental and resource impacts should be prioritized. An improvement of the SIB cell production model would be to obtain large-scale production data specific to SIB cells.  

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John Wiley & Sons, 2023. Vol. 28, no 1, p. 116-129
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industrial ecology, LCA, mineral resource scarcity, Prussian white, upscaling
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Environmental Sciences Materials Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-21449DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13452ISI: 001101581900001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85176966146OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-21449DiVA, id: diva2:1921776
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Swedish Energy Agency, 50099‐1Available from: 2024-12-17 Created: 2024-12-17 Last updated: 2025-09-11Bibliographically approved

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