An electricity-driven mobility circular economy with lifecycle carbon footprints for climate-adaptive carbon neutrality transformation

Abstract

Under the carbon neutrality targets and sustainable development goals, emergingly increasing needs for batteries are in buildings and electric vehicles. However, embodied carbon emissions impose dialectical viewpoints on whether the electrochemical battery is environmentally friendly or not. In this research, a community with energy paradigm shifting towards decentralization, renewable and sustainability is studied, with multi-directional Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) and lifecycle battery circular economy. Approaches are proposed to quantify the lifecycle carbon intensity of batteries. Afterwards, pathways for zero-carbon transformation are proposed to guide the economic feasibility of energy, social and governance investment behaviors. Results show that lifecycle zero-carbon battery can be achieved under energy paradigm shifting to positive, V2X interaction, battery cascade utilization and battery circular economy in various climate regions. This study proposes an approach for lifecycle battery carbon intensity quantification for sustainable pathways transition on zero-carbon batteries and carbon-neutral communities.