Keeping batteries sustainable
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Batteries are key technologies for energy storage, underpinning the energy and transport transitions needed for decarbonisation. However, there are a number of environmental impacts associated with battery production, use and eventual disposal.

This talk will give a brief introduction to lithium-ion batteries and the resources required to make them, as well as the main sustainability issues posed by this technology across its supply chain, particularly considering the future scale of the battery industry. The talk will conclude with the main actions that the battery industry either is taking or needs to take, to minimise its environmental impact.
Date: 6 February 2025, 16:00
Venue: Hume-Rothery Building, Parks Road OX1 3PH
Venue Details: Hume-Rothery Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Dr Jacqueline Edge (Faraday Institution and Imperial College)
Organising department: Department of Materials
Organiser: Lorraine Laird (Department of Materials)
Organiser contact email address: communications@materials.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Camilla Di Mino (University of Oxford, Department of Materials)
Part of: Materials Departmental Colloquia
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Lorraine Laird