A Comparative Techno‐Economic and Lifecycle Analysis of Biomass‐Derived Anode Materials for Lithium‐ and Sodium‐Ion Batteries

• DOI: 10.1002/adsu.202200047
• Publication Date: 2022-04-11T10:44:34Z
• Authors: Federico Trotta; George Jing Wang; Zhenyu Guo; Zhen Xu; Maria Crespo Riba...; Heather Au; Jacqueline Sophie...; Maria Magdalena T...; Laura Lander
• Keywords: Lithium-ion batteries; Hard carbons; 13. Climate action; Techno-economics; Biomass; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; Life cycle analysis; Sodium-ion batteries; 7. Clean energy; Anode materials

Abstract The transition towards renewable energy and electric transportation depends on the development of efficient storage technologies. Lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) have gained increasing popularity despite rising prices uncertainty around sourcing component materials. This has recently prompted alternative alkali batteries, such as sodium‐ion (SIBs). However, academic efforts focused optimizing technical performance, few studied underlying economic environmental impacts batteries. Therefore, this research examines techno‐economic performance SIBs, using a “cradle‐to‐gate” life cycle assessment cell manufacturing, comparing half cells (coin cells) with their lithium counterparts. An optimal charge capacity 312.4 mAh g −1 for half‐cells been achieved glucose‐derived hard‐carbons, 45% increase compared to lithium. Sodium are shown be 18% cheaper From analysis, it is found that show lowest footprint across all impact categories It can concluded sodium credible LIBs preference SIBs when factors jointly considered techno‐economics.