Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Assessment of lithium criticality in the global energy transition and addressing policy gaps in transportation

  • Peter Greim,
  • A. A. Solomon,
  • Christian Breyer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18402-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The long-term availability of lithium in the event of significant demand growth of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries is important to assess. Here the authors assess lithium demand and supply challenges of a long-term energy transition using 18 scenarios, developed by combining 8 demand and 4 supply variations.