From Mine to Mind and Mobiles: Society’s Increasing Dependence on Lithium

2020/08/01 by Thomas Bibienne, Jean-François Magnan, Alexander Rupp +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Engineering · #Advanced Battery Technologies Research #Advancements in Battery Materials #Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies

paper · doi:10.2138/gselements.16.4.265

openalex publication_date 2020/08/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Lithium is everywhere. If you have a mobile phone or a laptop, you are taking advantage of one of the technological revolutions of the last 30 years: lithium-ion batteries. Lithium has long been used in pharmaceuticals and in the manufacture of grease, ceramics, and glass, but has now become the symbolic element of the current energy revolution. Lithium is ubiquitous in our society and plays a role in our lives that could not have been previously imagined. From its mining to its applications in advanced battery materials and pharmaceuticals, welcome to the lithium decade. Electric mobility will become the new normal.

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