Life cycle assessment of the production of rare earth elements for energy applications: a review
Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of seventeen elements with similar chemical properties, including fifteen in the lanthanide group, yttrium, and scandium. Due to their unique physical and chemical properties REEs gain increasing importance in many new energy technologies and systems that contr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-11-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Energy Research |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fenrg.2014.00045/full |