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Pushing the lithium-ion limit

Pushing the lithium-ion limit

October 29, 2019
Insight
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Comment And Analysis, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Inorganic Chemistry

As the global demand for consumer electronics, electric cars and renewable energy rise, the need for new battery production options becomes ever clearer…  

  • 300-500 charge/discharge cycles before a Li-ion battery dies 

 

  • 40% of the world’s mined cobalt used by the Li-ion battery market 

 

  • 100 million kg of graphite used in batteries each year 

 

  • 5% of Li-ion batteries are recycled in the European Union  

 

  • 20% capacity lost in a lithium ion battery per year when stored fully charged at around room temperature 

 

  • 250 million electric vehicles on the road by 2030, by IEA estimates  

Read more: Current Li-ion tech won't cut it, but atomic insights could lead to a new approach

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