🔬 Science Oct 19, 2026 · Scott K. Johnson

Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?

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Batteries help reduce emissions, but how do we reduce their emissions?
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The first order of business for the energy transition is electrifying applications like vehicles and heating and making sure that the electricity that powers them is made using renewables. But once the dominant slices of the emissions pie have shrunk, other categories with less potential to reduce emissions become important.
A new study led by Haiwei Zhou at the University of Melbourne focused on the emissions associated with making lithium-ion batteries, which many parts of the energy transitio

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