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Embedding materials\/battery design principles, transparent life cycle assessment (LCA) data (e.g., publishing LCAs in open repositories using a standard functional unit), and harmonized policy early could close material loops and transform the rising post-lithium battery stream into a circular-economy resource rather than a waste burden.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma18184321","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,15]],"date-time":"2025-09-15T16:27:33Z","timestamp":1757953653000},"page":"4321","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Challenges in Evaluating Emerging Battery Technologies: A Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3259-5729","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Renata","family":"Costa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Chemistry Research Centre of the University of Porto\/Institute of Molecular Sciences (CIQUP-IMS), Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s\/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2006). 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