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Green batteries for clean skies: Sustainability assessment of lithium‐sulfur all‐solid‐state batteries for electric aircraft

Barke, Alexander ; Cistjakov, Walter; Steckermeier, Dominik; Thies, Christian; Popien, Jan-Linus; Michalowski, Peter; Pinheiro Melo, Sofia; Cerdas, Felipe; Herrmann, Christoph; Krewer, Ulrike ORCID iD icon 1; Kwade, Arno; Spengler, Thomas S.
1 Institut für Angewandte Materialien – Elektrochemische Technologien (IAM-ET1), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

The use of novel battery technologies in short-haul electric aircraft can support the aviation sector in achieving its goals for a sustainable development. However, the production of the batteries is often associated with adverse environmental and socio-economic impacts, potentially leading to burden shifting. Therefore, this paper investigates alternative technologies for lithium–sulfur all-solid-state batteries (LiS-ASSBs) in terms of their contribution to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). We propose a new approach that builds on life cycle sustainability assessment and links the relevant impact categories to the related SDGs. The approach is applied to analyze four LiS-ASSB configurations with different solid electrolytes, designed for maximum specific energy using an electrochemical model. They are compared to a lithium–sulfur battery with a liquid electrolyte as a benchmark. The results of our cradle-to-gate analysis reveal that the new LiS-ASSB technologies generally have a positive contribution to SDG achievement. However, the battery configuration with the best technical characteristics is not the most promising in terms of SDG achievement. ... mehr


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000154671
Veröffentlicht am 18.01.2023
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13345
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Zitationen: 15
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Zitationen: 12
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Angewandte Materialien – Elektrochemische Technologien (IAM-ET1)
Institut für Angewandte Materialien – Keramische Werkstoffe und Technologien (IAM-KWT1)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 06.2023
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 1088-1980, 1530-9290
KITopen-ID: 1000154671
Erschienen in Journal of Industrial Ecology
Verlag John Wiley and Sons
Band 27
Heft 3
Seiten 795-810
Vorab online veröffentlicht am 23.12.2022
Schlagwörter all-solid-state battery, electric aircraft, industrial ecology, life cycle sustainability assessment, prospective sustainability assessment, sustainable development goals
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