The Effects of Lithium Sulfur Battery Ageing on Second-Life Possibilities and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment Studies

Deidre Wolff, Lluc Canals Casals, Gabriela Benveniste, Cristina Corchero and Lluís Trilla
Additional contact information
Deidre Wolff: Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs 08930, Spain
Lluc Canals Casals: Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs 08930, Spain
Gabriela Benveniste: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona 08034, Spain
Cristina Corchero: Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs 08930, Spain
Lluís Trilla: Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Sant Adrià de Besòs 08930, Spain

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-19

Abstract: The development of Li-ion batteries has enabled the re-entry of electric vehicles into the market. As car manufacturers strive to reach higher practical specific energies (550 Wh/kg) than what is achievable for Li-ion batteries, new alternatives for battery chemistry are being considered. Li-Sulfur batteries are of interest due to their ability to achieve the desired practical specific energy. The research presented in this paper focuses on the development of the Li-Sulfur technology for use in electric vehicles. The paper presents the methodology and results for endurance tests conducted on in-house manufactured Li-S cells under various accelerated ageing conditions. The Li-S cells were found to reach 80% state of health after 300–500 cycles. The results of these tests were used as the basis for discussing the second life options for Li-S batteries, as well as environmental Life Cycle Assessment results of a 50 kWh Li-S battery.

Keywords: energy storage ageing and degradation; life cycle assessment; second-life energy storage applications; Li-Sulfur batteries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/12/2440/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/12/2440/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jeners:v:12:y:2019:i:12:p:2440-:d:242648

Access Statistics for this article

Energies is currently edited by Ms. Agatha Cao

More articles in Energies from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().