Stora Enso Oyj : Batteries from trees - the batteries of tomorrow
August 04, 2022 at 06:42 am EDT
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Published 4 August 2022
"If you don't change the system, the system will continue as is." The batteries of today are made of graphite, which is either mined or made from petroleum-based resources. We want to replace graphite with something renewable, something that grows back - batteries made from trees.
The battery industry is expanding and expanding quickly - however it doesn't come free of sustainability challenges in terms of raw materials. In today's world, we need to find sustainable solutions to help the transition away from fossil-based materials.
"One of the great challenges we have in today's battery industry is that lithium-ion batteries use graphite. Graphite is a fossil carbon which is extracted through mining techniques or synthetically produced, and subsequently creates social and environmental consequences."
Photo credit: Move 2022, Jennifer Moyes Photography.
Stora Enso's Lauri Lehtonen, Head of Lignode®, was on stage in June at MOVE 2022 talking about how we can make batteries out of trees. One key component in this equation is lignin and being able to leverage its full potential.
Trees are composed of 20-30% lignin, where it acts as a binder and gives wood its stiffness and resistance to rotting. Being a side stream in the production of cellulose fiber, it is one of the biggest renewable sources of carbon anywhere. Side streams like lignin have traditionally been burnt for energy, so by turning it into hard carbon we are making sure that more of the tree is put to good use in the form of Lignode® by Stora Enso.
More information:
Discover Lignode® by Stora Enso
To read more about what was presented at Move 2022, please click here.
To watch a video of Lauri Lehtonen's presentation at Move 2020 (duration ~ 20 minutes), please click here.
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Stora Enso Oyj is a Finland-based provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden construction and paper industries. The Company has six divisions: the Packaging Materials division provides renewable packaging materials based on both virgin and recycled fiber, the Packaging Solutions division develops and sells premium fiber-based packaging products and services; the Biomaterials division offers a variety of pulp grades to the paper, board, tissue, textile and hygiene product producers; the Wood Products division is a sawn wood producer and a provider of wood-based solutions to the construction industry; the Forest division manages Stora Ensoâs forest assets in Sweden and is responsible for wood sourcing for Stora Ensoâs Nordic, Baltic and Russian operations and the Paper division, that provides paper products made from recycled and virgin fiber. Stora Enso Oyj operates worldwide.
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