ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2025
Current and Future Impacts of Lithium Carbonate from Brines: A Global Regionalized Life Cycle Assessment Model.
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- Lithium and Water: Why Hydrological Limits Will Define a Just Energy Transition.Global challenges (Hoboken, NJ) · 2026Article
- Bio-Inspired and Synergistic Ion Transport: Advancing the Frontiers of Lithium Extraction From Complex Aqueous Sources.ChemPlusChem · 2026Review
- Projecting environmental improvements in mineral processing pathways: the case of cathode active material production.The international journal of life cycle assessment · 2026Article
- Operationalizing the environmental safe operating space into target distributions for mobility and batteries.Npj sustainable mobility and transport · 2026Article
- A dataset on metal-related production activities and their socio-environmental impacts in Canada.Scientific data · 2025Article
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Abstract
Lithium (Li) is essential for decarbonization strategies, such as electric vehicles and renewable energy storage, which experiences the largest growth rates among metals required for low-carbon technologies. To meet this demand, the raw materials sector must increase current capacities and develop new capacities at untapped deposits. Understanding life cycle impacts is crucial to avoid severe environmental burden shifts in the future. Although site-specific life cycle inventories exist, they do not allow for a comprehensive global assessment of the Li sector, particularly in capturing technological developments. To address this, our study presents a life cycle inventory model for brines that maintains essential site-specific parameters while providing a global perspective. We define core parameters for site-specific modeling of Li carbonate (Li
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