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Challenges of prospective life cycle assessment of emerging recycling processes: case study of battery materials recovery

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A Study on the Cradle-to-Gate Environmental Impacts of Automotive Lithium-ion Batteries

Accardo, A., Dotelli, G., & Spessa, E. (2024) · Procedia CIRP · doi:10.1016/j.procir.2024.02.037 · Cited by 8

Engineering biomass-derived hard carbon for secondary batteries and supercapacitors. Are we there yet? A comprehensive review

Menon, U., Dubey, B., & Kumar, A. (2025) · Biomass and Bioenergy · doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2025.107844 · Cited by 7

Assessing the Techno-Economic Feasibility of Bamboo Residue-Derived Hard Carbon

Qin, S., Yu, C., Jin, Y., Zhang, G., Xu, W., Wang, A., Fan, M., Sun, K., & Wang, S. (2025) · Applied Sciences · doi:10.3390/app15137113 · Cited by 7

Life cycle assessment of nickel, manganese, cobalt critical minerals: lithium hydroxide monohydrate (mine-to-material) in Québec, Canada

Vegh, G., Sajedi, S., Kantor, I., Amine, K., Srivastava, M., R, A. K. M., & Zaghib, K. (2025) · Journal of Power Sources · doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2025.238149 · Cited by 7

Laser-Driven Single-Step Synthesis of Monolithic Prelithiated Silicon-Graphene Anodes for Ultrahigh-Performance Zero-Decay Lithium-Ion Batteries

Kothuru, A., Daffan, G., & Patolsky, F. (2026) · Nano-Micro Letters · doi:10.1007/s40820-026-02074-2 · Cited by 7

Toward the Potential Scale‐Up of Sn0.9Mn0.1O2‖LiNi0.6Mn0.2Co0.2O2 Li‐Ion Batteries – Powering a Remote‐Controlled Vehicle and Life Cycle Assessment

Birrozzi, A., Bautista, S. P., Asenbauer, J., Eisenmann, T., Ashton, T. E., Groves, A. R., Starkey, C. L., Darr, J. A., Geiger, D., Kaiser, U. A., et al. (2022) · Advanced Materials Technologies · doi:10.1002/admt.202200353 · Cited by 8

Investigating Life Cycle Cost, Environmental and Social Impacts of a Lithium–Ion Battery Pack

Accardo, A., Gentilucci, G., Pontone, L., & Spessa, E. (2025) · IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology · doi:10.1109/ojvt.2025.3579221 · Cited by 6

Review on environmental impacts of various types of power batteries using LCA

Song, J., Cui, G., Han, Y. J., Yao, X., Shen, X., & Wang, Y. (2025) · Environment Development and Sustainability · doi:10.1007/s10668-025-06513-9 · Cited by 6

Batteries and sustainability: the relevance of life cycle assessment

Barbosa, J. C., Pinto, R. S., Serra, J. P., Gonçalves, R., Lizundia, E., Costa, C. M., & Lanceros-Méndez, S. (2025) · Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments · doi:10.1016/j.seta.2025.104488 · Cited by 7

Battery-grade graphite from direct recycling: effect of the thermal treatment on the properties of the regenerated anode material

Martin, J. P., Oneli, M. F., Axmann, P., Wohlfahrt‐Mehrens, M., & Mancini, M. (2026) · Journal of Power Sources Advances · doi:10.1016/j.powera.2026.100204 · Cited by 6

Toward sustainable graphite anode recycling: From degradation understanding to targeted regeneration

Shan, M., Wei, K., Cheng, L., Wang, Y., Liu, Z., Gu, Q., Cao, C. C., Xu, G., & Zhu, M. (2026) · Nano Research Energy · doi:10.26599/nre.2026.9120230 · Cited by 6

Environmental and economic assessment of bio-based anode production

Mayanti, B., Manfo, T. A., Haq, H., Girgibo, N. W., & Markusson, J. (2026) · Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy · doi:10.1007/s10098-026-03498-5 · Cited by 6

Sustainable battery recycling through spatial and technological alignment

Tian, X., Peng, F., McKechnie, J., Abdul-Manan, A. F. N., Liu, Y., & Meng, F. (2026) · Nature Sustainability · doi:10.1038/s41893-026-01851-6 · Cited by 8

Uncovering the Early-Stage Intercalation Mechanism in Graphite-Based Anode Materials

Azizi, J., Groß, A., & Euchner, H. (2025) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.5c04287 · Cited by 6

Adhesion and Stability Increased Carbon Nanowall for the Application to Lithium-Ion Batteries

Thi, M. T., Lee, S., & Choi, W. S. (2022) · Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology · doi:10.1007/s42835-022-01142-y · Cited by 6

Intervention‐Free Graphitization of Carbon Microspheres from a Non‐Graphitizing Polymer at Low Temperature: Nanopores as Dynamic Nanoreactors

Afzalalghom, A., Beitollahi, A., Mirkazemi, S. M., Maleki, M., & Sarpoolaky, H. (2024) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.202308082 · Cited by 6

Towards a sustainable supply of graphite: a geological way forward

Hegeman, P., & Zhou, L. (2025) · Earth Science Systems and Society · doi:10.1144/esss2024-014 · Cited by 5

Toward a life cycle inventory for graphite production

Surovtseva, D., Crossin, E., Pell, R. S., & Stamford, L. (2022) · Journal of Industrial Ecology · doi:10.1111/jiec.13234 · Cited by 131

Assessing the critical role of graphite in the carbon footprint of lithium-ion battery production

Pushpendra, Vollert, E., Bresser, D., & Weil, M. (2026) · Journal of Energy Storage · doi:10.1016/j.est.2026.121887 · Cited by 3

Carbon footprint assessment of manufacturing of synthetic graphite battery anode material for electric mobility applications

Carrère, T., Khalid, U., Baumann, M., Bouzidi, M., & Allard, B. (2024) · Journal of Energy Storage · doi:10.1016/j.est.2024.112356 · Cited by 43

Toward Sustainable Anode Materials: LCA of Natural Graphite Processing in Québec

Vegh, G., Sajedi, S., Kantor, I. D., Amine, K., Srivastava, M., Rezayi, M., Reddy, A. K. M. R., & Zaghib, K. (2026) · Batteries · doi:10.3390/batteries12020068 · Cited by 4

Methodology for a combined uncertainty analysis and data quality rating of existing graphite datasets in context of battery LCAs

Engels, P., Kononova, N., Khalid, U., Cerdas, F., & Herrmann, C. A. (2022) · Procedia CIRP · doi:10.1016/j.procir.2022.02.096 · Cited by 19