Czerwinski Frank
CanmetMATERIALS, Natural Resources Canada, Hamilton, ON L8P 0A5, Canada.
Materials (Basel). 2022 Aug 12;15(16):5539. doi: 10.3390/ma15165539.
Fundamentals of critical minerals and their paramount role in the successful deployment of clean energy technologies in future transportation are assessed along with current global efforts to satisfy the needs of automotive supply chains and environmental concerns. An implementation of large quantities of minerals, in particular metals, into the manufacturing of strategic components of zero-emission vehicles will bring new challenges to energy security. As a result, a reduced dependency on conventional hydrocarbon resources may lead to new and unexpected interdependencies, including dependencies on raw materials. It is concluded that to minimize the impact of a metal-intensive transition to clean transportation, in addition to overcoming challenges with minerals mining and processing, further progress in understanding the properties of critical materials will be required to better correlate them with intended applications, to identify potential substitutions and to optimize their use through the sustainable exploration of their resources and a circular economy.
评估关键矿物的基本原理及其在未来交通运输中成功部署清洁能源技术的至关重要作用，同时评估当前全球为满足汽车供应链需求和环境关切所做的努力。将大量矿物，特别是金属，应用于零排放车辆战略部件的制造将给能源安全带来新挑战。因此，减少对传统碳氢化合物资源的依赖可能会导致新的、意想不到的相互依赖，包括对原材料的依赖。得出的结论是，为尽量减少向清洁交通的金属密集型转型的影响，除了克服矿物开采和加工方面的挑战外，还需要在了解关键材料特性方面取得进一步进展，以便更好地将它们与预期应用相关联，识别潜在替代品，并通过可持续资源勘探和循环经济优化其使用。
