Environmental impact of direct lithium extraction from brines

ML Vera, WR Torres, CI Galli, A Chagnes… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Evaporitic technology for lithium mining from brines has been questioned for its intensive
water use, protracted duration and exclusive application to continental brines. In this …

Designed strategies of nanofiltration technology for Mg2+/Li+ separation from salt-lake brine: A comprehensive review

T Zhang, W Zheng, Q Wang, Z Wu, Z Wang - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide demand for lithium has greatly increased with the rapid development of
industries especially for lithium-ion battery. As the global potential resource, salt-lake brine …

[HTML][HTML] Towards the lithium-ion battery production network: Thinking beyond mineral supply chains

G Bridge, E Faigen - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing role of electricity as an energy carrier in decarbonising economies is driving
a growing demand for electrical energy storage in the form of battery systems. Two battery …

Greening extractivism: Environmental discourses and resource governance in the 'Lithium Triangle'

DM Voskoboynik, D Andreucci - Environment and planning E …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The lithium extractive industry is expanding, as technological and economic shifts
associated with climate change mitigation goals drive global demand for lithium-ion …

An overview on anodes for magnesium batteries: Challenges towards a promising storage solution for renewables

F Bella, S De Luca, L Fagiolari, D Versaci, J Amici… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Magnesium-based batteries represent one of the successfully emerging electrochemical
energy storage chemistries, mainly due to the high theoretical volumetric capacity of metallic …

Recent advances in the lithium recovery from water resources: From passive to electrochemical methods

L Baudino, C Santos, CF Pirri, F La Mantia… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ever‐increasing amount of batteries used in today's society has led to an increase in the
demand of lithium in the last few decades. While mining resources of this element have …

[HTML][HTML] The coloniality of green extractivism: Unearthing decarbonisation by dispossession through the case of nickel

D Andreucci, GG López, IM Radhuber, M Conde… - Political …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article elaborates on the notion of “decarbonisation by dispossession” in order to shed
light on the contradictory character of capital-driven energy transitions. First, we suggest …

Nanofiltration membrane for enhancement in lithium recovery from salt-lake brine: A review

H Wen, Z Liu, J Xu, JP Chen - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
Lithium recovery from salt-lake brines is experiencing increasing demands due to rapid
growth in the manufacture of electric vehicles and electronics products. The development of …

The impacts of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in achieving sustainable lithium supply in the Lithium Triangle

E Petavratzi, D Sanchez-Lopez, A Hughes, J Stacey… - Mineral Economics, 2022 - Springer
The electrification transition will intensify the demand for lithium. The endowment in the
Lithium Triangle is significant, and the expectations for the global supply are high in terms of …

Harvesting lithium and sun in the Andes: Exploring energy justice and the new materialities of energy transitions

M Forget, V Bos - Energy Research & Social Science, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper states that energy transition, being materially grounded, leads to the social
construction of resources, such as lithium, and new forms of energy production, such as …