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Assessing critical mineral occurrence in battery technologies

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dc.contributor.authorCamuamba, Elsa
dc.contributor.authorDamásio, Bruno
dc.contributor.authorMendonça, Sandro
dc.contributor.institutionNOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS)
dc.contributor.institutionInformation Management Research Center (MagIC) - NOVA Information Management School
dc.contributor.pblElsevier
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-03T21:53:54Z
dc.date.available2025-11-03T21:53:54Z
dc.date.issued2025-12-01
dc.descriptionCamuamba, E., Damásio, B., & Mendonça, S. (2025). Assessing critical mineral occurrence in battery technologies. Resources Policy, 111, Article 105755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105755 --- %ABS2% --- This work benefited from support from FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) under the project - UIDB/04152, Grant UID/GES/00315/2013 - Centro de Investigação em Gestão de Informação(MagIC)/NOVA IMS), BRU-IUL and REM/UECE are financially supported by FCT, Portugal.
dc.description.abstractThe prevailing geopolitical context has amplified the centrality of core material inputs in the interaction between technological innovation, economic security, and the climate emergency. Battery technologies represent one of the frontiers in this evolving landscape. In this paper, we examine the link between innovation in these technologies and their material inputs, assessed in terms of mineral occurrence in a sample of 33,036 full-text battery patents published from 2000 to 2021. Our findings, which cover 19 battery technologies, show that, on average, battery technologies increasingly rely on critical minerals. The analysis further reveals a rich tapestry of critical minerals beyond the conventional set of key battery minerals, namely lithium. Evidence shows that chromium, gallium, germanium, molybdenum, niobium, phosphate, silicon, tantalum, tellurium, titanium, and zirconium are all growing in relative importance. Analysis of battery technology specialisation profiles and patterns further highlight inventor countries’ critical mineral needs. While the United States has grown more specialised in sodium-ion batteries, China shows a relative advantage in magnesium-ion, sodium-ion and lithium-ion batteries. Significantly, these patterns similarly reflect diverging paradigmatic shifts in battery innovation along a global “North-South” divide. We conclude with a discussion of potential pathways for battery development and propose avenues for further enquiry at the interface of mineral criticality and geoeconomics.en
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dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent23
dc.format.extent14348269
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105755
dc.identifier.issn0301-4207
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 134812225
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 2394574a-ab4f-4f37-9e29-e932a4ee99ce
dc.identifier.othercrossref: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2025.105755
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 105022176836
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/190070
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105022176836
dc.identifier.urlhttps://github.com/elsanatalia/critical-minerals
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.54499/UID/04152/2025
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.54499/UID/PRR/04152/2025
dc.subjectCritical minerals
dc.subjectStrategic dependencies
dc.subjectBatteries
dc.subjectSupply chain disruption
dc.subjectResource dependencies
dc.subjectResearch and development
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectPatents
dc.subjectSociology and Political Science
dc.subjectEconomics and Econometrics
dc.subjectManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subjectSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subjectSDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
dc.subjectSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
dc.subjectSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.subjectSDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
dc.titleAssessing critical mineral occurrence in battery technologiesen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.titleResources Policy
degois.publication.volume111
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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