Imperial College London
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ProfessorMagdaTitirici

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering

Chair in Sustainable Energy Materials
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5601m.titirici

 
 
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ACE ExtensionSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Titirici:2022:2515-7639/ac4ee5,
author = {Titirici, M and Baird, SG and Sparks, TD and Yang, SM and Brandt-Talbot, A and Hosseinaei, O and Harper, DP and Parker, RM and Vignolini, S and Berglund, LA and Li, Y and Gao, H-L and Mao, L-B and Yu, S-H and Diez, N and Ferrero, GA and Sevilla, M and Szilagyi, PA and Stubbs, CJ and Worch, JC and Huang, Y and Luscombe, CK and Lee, K-Y and Luo, H and Platts, MJ and Tiwari, D and Kovalevskiy, D and Fermin, DJ and Au, H and Alptekin, H and Crespo-Ribadeneyra, M and Ting, VP and Fellinger, T-P and Barrio, J and Westhead, O and Roy, C and Stephens, IEL and Nicolae, SA and Sarma, SC and Oates, RP and Wang, C-G and Li, Z and Loh, XJ and Myers, RJ and Heeren, N and Gregoire, A and Perisse, C and Zhao, X and Vodovotz, Y and Earley, B and Finnveden, G and Bjorklund, A and Harper, GDJ and Walton, A and Anderson, PA},
doi = {2515-7639/ac4ee5},
journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
pages = {1--98},
title = {The sustainable materials roadmap},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac4ee5},
volume = {5},
year = {2022}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Over the past 150 years, our ability to produce and transform engineered materials has been responsible for our current high standards of living, especially in developed economies. However, we must carefully think of the effects our addiction to creating and using materials at this fast rate will have on the future generations. The way we currently make and use materials detrimentally affects the planet Earth, creating many severe environmental problems. It affects the next generations by putting in danger the future of the economy, energy, and climate. We are at the point where something must drastically change, and it must change now. We must create more sustainable materials alternatives using natural raw materials and inspiration from nature while making sure not to deplete important resources, i.e. in competition with the food chain supply. We must use less materials, eliminate the use of toxic materials and create a circular materials economy where reuse and recycle are priorities. We must develop sustainable methods for materials recycling and encourage design for disassembly. We must look across the whole materials life cycle from raw resources till end of life and apply thorough life cycle assessments (LCAs) based on reliable and relevant data to quantify sustainability. We need to seriously start thinking of where our future materials will come from and how could we track them, given that we are confronted with resource scarcity and geographical constrains. This is particularly important for the development of new and sustainable energy technologies, key to our transition to net zero. Currently 'critical materials' are central components of sustainable energy systems because they are the best performing. A few examples include the permanent magnets based on rare earth metals (Dy, Nd, Pr) used in wind turbines, Li and Co in Li-ion batteries, Pt and Ir in fuel cells and electrolysers, Si in solar cells just to mention a few. These materials are classified as
AU  - Titirici,M
AU  - Baird,SG
AU  - Sparks,TD
AU  - Yang,SM
AU  - Brandt-Talbot,A
AU  - Hosseinaei,O
AU  - Harper,DP
AU  - Parker,RM
AU  - Vignolini,S
AU  - Berglund,LA
AU  - Li,Y
AU  - Gao,H-L
AU  - Mao,L-B
AU  - Yu,S-H
AU  - Diez,N
AU  - Ferrero,GA
AU  - Sevilla,M
AU  - Szilagyi,PA
AU  - Stubbs,CJ
AU  - Worch,JC
AU  - Huang,Y
AU  - Luscombe,CK
AU  - Lee,K-Y
AU  - Luo,H
AU  - Platts,MJ
AU  - Tiwari,D
AU  - Kovalevskiy,D
AU  - Fermin,DJ
AU  - Au,H
AU  - Alptekin,H
AU  - Crespo-Ribadeneyra,M
AU  - Ting,VP
AU  - Fellinger,T-P
AU  - Barrio,J
AU  - Westhead,O
AU  - Roy,C
AU  - Stephens,IEL
AU  - Nicolae,SA
AU  - Sarma,SC
AU  - Oates,RP
AU  - Wang,C-G
AU  - Li,Z
AU  - Loh,XJ
AU  - Myers,RJ
AU  - Heeren,N
AU  - Gregoire,A
AU  - Perisse,C
AU  - Zhao,X
AU  - Vodovotz,Y
AU  - Earley,B
AU  - Finnveden,G
AU  - Bjorklund,A
AU  - Harper,GDJ
AU  - Walton,A
AU  - Anderson,PA
DO  - 2515-7639/ac4ee5
EP  - 98
PY  - 2022///
SN  - 2515-7639
SP  - 1
TI  - The sustainable materials roadmap
T2  - Journal of Physics: Materials
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ac4ee5
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UR  - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7639/ac4ee5
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/99285
VL  - 5
ER  -
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