期刊
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 827, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154092
关键词
Agromining; Batteries; Developing countries; Green technologies; Electric vehicles; Metal crop; Agromining
There is a global trend towards electric vehicles to combat climate change, which will greatly increase the demand for critical metals used in batteries. Agromining technology offers a sustainable solution by extracting high-purity metal salts from selected plants, thus providing a green source for green technologies.
Globally, there is a major shift to electric vehicles to combat climate change and these vehicles are currently powered by lithium-ion batteries that contain nickel cobalt manganese oxide materials. This technological change from internal combustion engines means that demand for battery minerals will need to increase by factors of >20 for the critical metals required for batteries in the next three decades. If this scenario plays out, it will require a dramatic increase in the worldwide capacity to produce nickel, manganese, cobalt, and lithium raw materials of sufficient purity. This demand could partly be met by agromining technology, which is a 'green technology' that extracts valuable products, including high-purity metal salts useful for the battery industry, from selected plants known as 'metal crops'. Farming for nickel, cobalt, and manganese is currently within reach, whereas lithium agromining has not yet been developed but has potential. Synopsis: Agromining offers a sustainable approach to economically produce battery-grade raw materials from unconventional sources, thus, producing 'green technologies' from 'green sources'.
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