Evaluating the lithium-ion battery recycling industry in an emerging economy: A multi-stakeholder and multi-criteria decision-making approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 130007
Author(s):  
Atanu Bhuyan ◽  
Asit Tripathy ◽  
R.K. Padhy ◽  
Amitosh Gautam
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Recycling Industry ◽  
Battery Recycling ◽  
Multi Stakeholder

A comparative life cycle assessment on lithium-ion battery: Case study on electric vehicle battery in China considering battery evolution

2020 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2096663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuoyao Wang ◽  
Jeongsoo Yu
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
Electric Vehicle ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Collection Rate ◽  
Recycling Industry ◽  
Battery Recycling ◽  
The Future

China has become the largest electric vehicle (EV) market in the world since 2015. Consequently, the lithium-ion battery (LiB) market in China is also expanding fast. LiB makers are continually introducing new types of LiBs into the market to improve LiBs’ performance. However, there will be a considerable amount of waste LiBs generated in China. These waste LiBs should be appropriately recycled to avoid resources’ waste or environmental pollution problems. Yet, because LiBs’ type keeps changing, the environmental impact and profitability of the waste LiB recycling industry in China become uncertain. In this research, we reveal the detailed life cycle process of EVs’ LiBs in China first. Then, the environmental impact of each type of LiB is speculated using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method. Moreover, we clarify how LiBs’ evolution will affect the economic effect of the waste battery recycling industry in China. We perform a sensitivity analysis focusing on waste LiBs’ collection rate. We found that along with LiBs’ evolution, their environmental impact is decreasing. Furthermore, if waste LiBs could be appropriately recycled, their life cycle environmental impact would be further dramatically decreased. On the other hand, the profitability of the waste battery recycling industry in China would decrease in the future. Moreover, it is essential to improve waste LiBs’ collection rate to establish an efficient waste LiB industry. Such a trend should be noticed by the Chinese government and waste LiB recycling operators to establish a sustainable waste LiB recycling industry in the future.

scholarly journals Lithium ion battery recycling using high-intensity ultrasonication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
chunhong lei ◽  
Iain M Aldous ◽  
Jennifer Hartley ◽  
Dana Thompson ◽  
Sean Scott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
High Intensity ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Battery Recycling

Decarbonisation of energy will rely heavily, at least initially, on the use of lithium ion batteries for automotive transportation. The projected volumes of batteries necessitate the development of fast and...

Lithium-ion battery recycling technology based on controllable product morphology and excellent performance

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiao Lin ◽  
Ersha Fan ◽  
Xiaodong Zhang ◽  
Ruling Huang ◽  
Xixue Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Resource Depletion ◽  
Excellent Performance ◽  
Ecological Damage ◽  
Product Morphology ◽  
Battery Recycling ◽  
Recycling Technology ◽  
P Recycling

Recycling spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is the most effective way to solve the associated problems of ecological damage and resource depletion. However, the focus of recycling technology is mostly waste...

Evaluating the electric vehicle popularization trend in China after 2020 and its challenges in the recycling industry

2020 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2095349 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuoyao Wang ◽  
Jeongsoo Yu
Keyword(s):  
Manganese Oxide ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Environmental Effect ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Subsidy Policy ◽  
Recycling Industry ◽  
Nickel Cobalt ◽  
The World

In recent years, China has started to develop electric vehicles (EVs) and has become the largest EV market in the world since 2015. Accordingly, the lithium-ion battery (LiB) industry has also been developing quickly in China. However, the Chinese government has decided to cancel the subsidy policy on EVs, which makes the EV market in China unpredictable in the future. Moreover, there will be a considerable number of end-of-life (EoL) EVs and waste LiBs generated in China. These wastes should be appropriately recycled to avoid resource waste or pollution problems. Nevertheless, the quantity and type of EoL EVs and waste LiBs has not been obtained. This research aims at unravelling the trend of EV sales and the volume and type of EoL EVs and waste LiBs in China. We found that it is fair to predict that EVs will increase as the Chinese government has planned even without the subsidy policy. Moreover, we estimated the number of EoL EVs and waste LiBs number based on their calendar lifespan and found that there will be 1.36 million EoL EVs and 11.36 million waste LiBs generated in China in 2030. Furthermore, most of these waste LiBs will be of the nickel cobalt manganese oxide type of ternary LiBs. However, due to the flow of second-hand vehicles from economically developed cities to less economically developed cities, only 400,000 EoL EVs and 3.4 million waste LiBs will be recycled through the formal recycling route. Such information is necessary when evaluating the environmental effect or profitability of the EoL EV and waste LiB recycling industry.

scholarly journals Toward a cell‐chemistry specific life cycle assessment of lithium‐ion battery recycling processes

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1310-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marit Mohr ◽  
Jens F. Peters ◽  
Manuel Baumann ◽  
Marcel Weil
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Lithium Ion Battery ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Battery Recycling ◽  
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