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Current battery technologies serve a tremendous range of uses at wildly different scales. They store energy for our electric grids, fuel our cars and trucks, and power many of the devices we use every day.
But a stew of social and environmental challenges related to the sourcing of materials, manufacture, safety of use, and reuse or disposal have researchers around the world searching for better options.
"As governments, industries, and research institutions mobilise to cut greenhouse gas emissions, green and sustainable energy storage has become a cornerstone in the clean energy transition." - from the editors in their Introduction to the collection
The Royal Society of Chemistry's journal Green Chemistry features many of those efforts in this "Green and Sustainable Batteries" themed collection. The assembled articles include research on:
- Alternative battery designs
- Sustainable electrolytes
- Assessing materials criticality for their environmental impact
- Battery recycling
- Electrodes manufacturing for improved performance
- Understanding and preventing degradation and improving life time
- Design for disassembly
- Techno-economic assessment of next-generation batteries
"We hope this collection will inspire and energise researchers across chemistry, materials science, engineering, and environmental science to drive forward the next generation of sustainable batteries—technologies that unite high performance, affordability, and environmental responsibility to truly transform our energy future." - from the editors in their Introduction to the collection
The editors' Introduction offers an overview of many of the high-level themes covered in the collection, and does so in a way that's reasonably accessible regardless of your expertise in this field.
