OECD field 2.5 · 1 idea
Materials engineering
research ideas.
Qualified university research directions mapped to Materials engineering. These are starting points for further scoping, literature review and supervision—not completed proposals or claims of novelty.
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Ordered by qualification signalRIR–2019From an academic paper
Modeling Global Lithium Recovery Rates Under Variable Battery Chemistry and Lifetime Distribution Scenarios
The supply of secondary lithium from recycling is currently limited by uncertainties in battery lifetime and chemical diversity. This research direction uses simulation to model how different recovery rates impact global lithium supply chains by 2050.