Towards a circular and low-carbon economy: Insights from the transitioning to electric vehicles and net zero economy
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- Authors
- Bonsu, N. O.
- Affiliations
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Bonsu, Nana O.
- ORCID
- Bonsu, Nana O.
- Venue
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-05
- Volume
- 256
- Pages
- 120659
- ISSN
- 0959-6526 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3008803487
- Cited by
- 334
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 82 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 49 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 9
- FWCI
- 39.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Cleaner Production (publishedVersion)
- University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Lloyds Banking Group Centre
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Extraction and Separation Processes
- Keywords
- electric vehicles, end-of-life batteries, circular economy, low-carbon economy, net-zero economy, battery recycling, battery repurposing, global value chains, sustainable consumption and production, road transportation emissions
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