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Life cycle assessment of lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries is performed. Three lithium-ion battery chemistries (NCA, NMC, and LFP) are analysed. NCA battery performs better for climate change and resource utilisation. NMC battery is good in terms of acidification potential and particular matter.
The LIB outperform the lead-acid batteries. Specifically, the NCA battery chemistry has the lowest climate change potential. The main reasons for this are that the LIB has a higher energy density and a longer lifetime, which means that fewer battery cells are required for the same energy demand as lead-acid batteries. Fig. 4.
Compared to the lead-acid batteries, the credits arising from the end-of-life stage of LIB are much lower in categories such as acidification potential and respiratory inorganics. The unimpressive value is understandable since the recycling of LIB is still in its early stages.
Finally, for the minerals and metals resource use category, the lithium iron phosphate battery (LFP) is the best performer, 94% less than lead-acid. So, in general, the LIB are determined to be superior to the lead-acid batteries in terms of the chosen cradle-to-grave environmental impact categories.
Conclusions This research contributes to evaluating a comparative cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) and lead-acid battery systems for grid energy storage applications. This LCA study could serve as a methodological reference for further research in LCA for LIB.
The names of LIB refer to the chemicals that make up their active materials, such as nickel cobalt aluminum (NCA), lithium iron phosphate (LFP), and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC). However, extraction, processing, and disposal of battery materials are resource-intensive (Tivander, 2016). These impacts should be quantified and analysed.
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