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dc.contributor.authorHaji, Maha N.
dc.contributor.authorSlocum, Alexander H
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-08T22:18:19Z
dc.date.available2020-10-08T22:18:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.date.submitted2019-01
dc.identifier.issn1364-0321
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127937
dc.description.abstractThe predicted dominance of electric vehicles and the need for grid-scale energy storage have heightened concerns that cobalt, a key constituent of lithium-ion batteries, could become a critical limiting factor. With limited terrestrial resources and over half the global production coming from politically challenging regions increasing risk, a shortage of cobalt could be experienced by the early 2020s. Fortunately, the oceans contain about 70 times more cobalt than on land and can be harvested sustainably with passive adsorption technologies; and a symbiotic system using existing offshore structures to harvest cobalt could enhance the economic feasibility of seawater cobalt harvesting. Our study finds that retrofitting just 76 unused oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico could extract an average of 27.3% of the nation's 2017 cobalt consumption. New Offshore Opportunity for Underwater Cobalt Harvesting has the potential to reduce the cobalt supply pinch point in lithium-ion battery production.en_US
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BVen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.01.058en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Licenseen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceProf. Slocum via Elizabeth Soergelen_US
dc.titleAn offshore solution to cobalt shortages via adsorption-based harvesting from seawateren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationHaji, Maha N. and Alexander H. Slocum. "An offshore solution to cobalt shortages via adsorption-based harvesting from seawater." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (May 2019): 301-309. © 2019 Elsevier Ltden_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.relation.journalRenewable and Sustainable Energy Reviewsen_US
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's final manuscripten_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2020-09-23T13:22:55Z
dspace.orderedauthorsHaji, MN; Slocum, AHen_US
dspace.date.submission2020-09-23T13:23:07Z
mit.journal.volume105en_US
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CC
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