scholarly journals Life Cycle Environmental Assessment of Lithium-Ion and Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries for Plug-In Hybrid and Battery Electric Vehicles

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 4548-4554 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Majeau-Bettez ◽  
Troy R. Hawkins ◽  
Anders Hammer Strømman
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Metal Hydride ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Nickel Metal ◽  
Nickel Metal Hydride ◽  
Battery Electric Vehicles

scholarly journals Comparative Life Cycle Environmental Impact Analysis of Lithium-Ion (LiIo) and Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) Batteries

Batteries ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mahmud ◽  
Nazmul Huda ◽  
Shahjadi Farjana ◽  
Candace Lang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Metal Hydride ◽  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Chemical Constituents ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Nickel Metal ◽  
Nickel Metal Hydride ◽  
Aquatic Ecotoxicity ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

Batteries have been extensively used in many applications; however, very little is explored regarding the possible environmental impacts for their whole life cycle, even though a lot of studies have been carried out for augmenting performance in many ways. This research paper addresses the environmental effects of two different types of batteries, lithium-ion (LiIo) and nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, in terms of their chemical constituents. Life cycle impact analysis has been carried out by the CML, ReCiPe, EcoPoints 97, IPCC, and CED methods. The impacts are considered in categories such as global warming, eutrophication, freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity, human toxicity, marine aquatic ecotoxicity and terrestrial ecotoxicity. The results reveal that there is a significant environmental impact caused by nickel-metal hydride batteries in comparison with lithium-ion batteries. The reason behind these impacts is the relatively large amount of toxic chemical elements which are present as constituents of NiMH batteries. It can be anticipated that a better environmental performance can be achieved through optimization, especially by cautiously picking the constituents, taking into account the toxicity aspects, and by minimizing the impacts related to these chemicals.

Recent Progress in the Development of Ovonic Nickel Metal Hydride Battteries for Electric Vehicles

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Ovshinsky ◽  
S. Venkatesan ◽  
M. A. Fetcenko ◽  
P. R. Gifford ◽  
D. Corrigan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Metal Hydride ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Nickel Metal ◽  
Nickel Metal Hydride

A Nickel Metal Hydride Battery for Electric Vehicles

Science ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 260 (5105) ◽  
pp. 176-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. Ovshinsky ◽  
M. A. Fetcenko ◽  
J. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Electric Vehicles ◽  
Metal Hydride ◽  
Nickel Metal ◽  
Nickel Metal Hydride ◽  
Nickel Metal Hydride Battery ◽  
Hydride Battery
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document