Tracing the fate of lithium - The development of a material flow model

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 26-34

  Ziemann, Saskia ^a   Weil, Marcel ^a,b   Schebek, Liselotte ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE ULM HIU   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissipative use; Lithium; Material flow analysis; Recycling; Supply and demand

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DISSIPATIVE USE; ELECTRIC MOBILITY; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; GLOBAL SCALE; INFLUENCING PARAMETERS; KEY PROCESS; LITHIUM-ION BATTERY; MATERIAL FLOW; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESULTING MATERIALS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; MANUFACTURE; MATERIALS; RECYCLING;

LITHIUM;

LITHIUM;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITHIUM; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOW; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; METAL INDUSTRY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; RECYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84860801330     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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