Globally regional life cycle analysis of automotive lithium-ion nickel manganese cobalt batteries

• Published in: Mitigation and adaptation strategies for global change Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 371 - 396
• Main Authors: Kelly, Jarod C., Dai, Qiang, Wang, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aluminum oxide; Atmospheric Sciences; Automobile industry; Automobiles; Automotive parts; Batteries; Battery cycles; Burning; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Cathodes; China; Climate Change Management and Policy; Cobalt; cobalt oxide; Cobalt oxides; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Electric vehicles; Electricity; Electricity consumption; Electrons; Emissions control; Energy; Energy consumption; Energy resources; Energy sources; Environmental Management; Europe; Fossil fuels; Fossils; Gases; global change; Greenhouse effect; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; heat; Japan; Life cycle; Life cycle analysis; life cycle assessment; Life cycles; Lithium; lithium batteries; Management systems; Manganese; markets; Nickel; Nitrogen compounds; Nitrogen oxides; Original Article; Oxides; Particulate matter; particulates; Photochemicals; Pollutants; Pollution sources; Power management; Rechargeable batteries; refining; Regional differences; Regional variations; Regions; renewable electricity; South Korea; Spatial variations; Sulfur; Sulfur oxides; Sulphur; supply chain; Supply chains; Suspended particulate matter; transportation; United States; Vehicles; Water consumption; United States > US; South Korea; United States; China; Europe; Japan; Life cycle assessment; Supply chain; Lithium ion battery; Automotive

Electric vehicles based on lithium-ion batteries (LIB) have seen rapid growth over the past decade as they are viewed as a cleaner alternative to conventional fossil-fuel burning vehicles, especially for local pollutant (nitrogen oxides [NO x ], sulfur oxides [SO x ], and particulate matter with dia...