A5042314849- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Extraction and Separation Processes
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Advanced Battery Technologies Research
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Green IT and Sustainability
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Social Policies and Family
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Vehicle emissions and performance
- Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps
- Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
- Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies
- Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
- Social Sciences and Governance
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
2013-2023
University of St. Gallen
2001-2013
Battery-powered electric cars (BEVs) play a key role in future mobility scenarios. However, little is known about the environmental impacts of production, use and disposal lithium ion (Li-ion) battery. This makes it difficult to compare BEVs with those internal combustion engine (ICEVs). Consequently, detailed lifecycle inventory Li-ion battery rough LCA BEV based were compiled. The study shows that burdens are dominated by operation phase regardless whether gasoline-fueled ICEV or European...
Electric vehicles are gaining increasing room in the global market, since they seen amongst most promising solutions to cope with growing concerns related climate change and environmental pollution. The successful evolution of transportation sector towards electro-mobility depends on battery chemistry technology, its impacts. However, poor availability data at commercial production scale diversity modelling choices make evaluating impacts Lithium-ion batteries (LIB) difficult uncertain. We...
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVAddition/CorrectionORIGINAL ARTICLEThis notice is a correctionContribution of Li-Ion Batteries to the Environmental Impact Electric VehiclesDominic A. Notter, Marcel Gauch, Rolf Widmer, Patrick Wäger, Anna Stamp, Rainer Zah, and Hans-Jörg AlthausCite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, 19, 7744Publication Date (Web):September 9, 2010Publication History Received24 August 2010Published online9 September inissue 1 October...
One of the major applications critical metals (CMs) is in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), which increasingly embedded other products, notably passenger vehicles. However, recycling strategies for future CM quantities end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) are poorly understood, mainly due to a limited understating complexity automotive EEE. We introduce harmonization network structure electronics that enables comprehensive quantification CMs all EEE vehicle. This combined with material flow...
Summary Product lifetime is an essential aspect of dynamic material flow analyses and has been modeled using distribution functions, mostly average lifetimes. Existing data regarding the electronic equipment (EE) are based on diverging definitions as well different temporal regional scopes. After its active use, EE often not disposed immediately, but remains in storage for some time. Specific share that stored time they remain scarce. This article investigates service lifetime, time,...
Concurrent with the demand for cleaner, lighter, and more efficient vehicles, many scarce metals (SMs) are used in passenger vehicles because of their unique physical chemical properties. To explore recycling potential these metals, it is important to understand distribution as well fate at vehicles' end-of-life. However, this information remains very scattered sparse. In paper, we present a study investigating 31 SMs selected electrical electronic (EE) components conventional end-of-life...
The mining of material resources requires knowledge about geogenic and anthropogenic deposits, in particular on the location deposits with comparatively highest concentration raw materials. In this study, we develop a framework that allows establishment analogies between geological processes. These were applied to three selected products containing rare earth elements (REE) order identify most concentrated cycle. identified characterised according criteria such as "host rock", "REE...
This study proposes a method to estimate the appropriability of renewable energy resources at global scale, when Earth system boundaries/needs and human demand for chemical are respected. The is based on an engineering approach, i.e., uncertainties parameters models considered potentials calculated with 99 % confidence. We used literature data test our provide initial results appropriable technical (ATP) that sum up 71 TW , which significantly larger than current demand. Consequently, there...
Despite the importance of relationship between retirement and health only a limited amount empirical research has addressed this issue, particularly concerning physical health. This study examines whether short-term influence on six measures.Using data from Swiss Household Panel 1999 to 2003, we perform an ordinal regression changes in for each measures.We found that no shortterm effect large majority individuals. Moreover, those individuals whose status did change, had primarily positive...
Electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) pervades modern lifestyles, but its quick obsolescence is resulting in huge quantities of EEE to be disposed of. This fast-growing waste stream has been recognized for hazard potential. The European Union’s (EU) Waste Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was essentially response the toxicity e-waste — ensure that it collected treated an environmentally sound manner. Since then, WEEE expanded aims include recovery valuable resources as a means reduce...
Abstract Averting the climate catastrophe requires transformation of energy system. A wide range transition pathways are being explored in literature, which limit peak heating during this century as likely not to 2°C or 1.5°C. Growing understanding Earth system suggests that beyond 1.5°C may be an existential threat biosphere and therefore also humanity. Transitions exceed vital threshold with a high probability expose future generations substantial risks without their prior consent. Here we...
Limiting climate heating while meeting basic needs for all necessitates large-scale deployment of renewable energy. Understanding the dynamics mobilizing materials transition requires considering: 1) availability resources in environment and technosphere; 2) accessibility depending on resource quality available technologies; 3) processability energy availability, processing capacity, impacts planetary boundaries; 4) operability social acceptance geopolitical agreements. Materials can be...