Chengjian Xu
Guest researcher
- Name
- Dr. C. Xu
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- c.xu@cml.leidenuniv.nl
Chengjian started as a PhD researcher at the Industry Ecology department of CML in September 2018.
Professional experience
Chengjian obtained master degree in Environmental Science from Tongji University in 2018, and bachelor degree from Jiangsu University of Technology in Resource Recycling science and Engineering in 2015 in China respectively. During his master study, Chengjian researched the management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) including laws, regulations, and collection practice, and also the resource recycling technology of WEEE. Specifically, he applied ultrasound technology into the resource recycling of battery waste, and also pay attention to the pollution control of this recycling process.
Chengjian started as a PhD researcher at the Industry Ecology department of CML in September 2018.
Research topic
Chengjian’s research is focused on sustainable treatment of battery waste stream from Electric Vehicles (EVs). Generally, there are a great number of treatment technologies for battery waste like reuse, cascaded use, and recycling either at industrial stage or at pilot stage. The aim of his research is to find the most environmentally-friendly treatment technology of battery waste from EVs using Life Cycle Assessment methodology, and then analyze to what extent can the treatment technology help close the loops of battery from EVs.
Guest researcher
- Science
- Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden
- CML/Industriele Ecologie
- Xu C., Behrens P.A., Gasper P., Smith K., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2023), Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030, Nature Communications 14: 119.
- Xu C., Steubing B.R.P., Hu M., Harpprecht C.I., Meide M.T. van der & Tukker A. (2022), Future greenhouse gas emissions of automotive lithium-ion battery cell production, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 187: 106606.
- Xu C., Dai Q., Gaines L., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2022), Reply to: concerns about global phosphorus demand for lithium-iron-phosphate batteries in the light electric vehicle sector, Communications Materials 3(1): 15 (15).
- Xu C., Dai Q., Gaines L., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2022), Author correction: reply to: concerns about global phosphorus demand for lithium-iron-phosphate batteries in the light electric vehicle sector, Communications Materials 3(1): 36 (36).
- Xu C. (21 December 2022), Lithium-ion batteries and the transition to electric vehicles: environmental challenges and opportunities from a life cycle perspective (Dissertatie. Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Faculty of Science, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Tukker A., Steubing B. & Hu M.
- Xu C., Dai Q., Gaines L., Hu M., Tukker A. & Steubing B.R.P. (2020), Future material demand for automotive lithium-based batteries, Communications Materials 1: 99.