Life Cycle Assessment Publications

LCA quantified cradle-to-gate environmental hotspots for scaled-up lignin-derived carbon nanoparticle production, revealing major contributors (energy, precursors, and process yield). This enabled prioritization of process changes and material choices to reduce overall impacts and provided evidence-based targets for decarbonization and scale-up.

The LCA compared alternative hydrogen production pathways and highlighted the life-cycle energy and emissions implications of the new light-driven cascade, clarifying trade-offs between material intensity, catalyst choice, and operational energy. Results helped place lab-scale performance improvements in the context of system-level sustainability.

Here, LCA enabled direct comparison of multiple synthesis routes for boron-doped g-CN, revealing which synthesis choices drive environmental burdens (notably electricity and precursor selection). Coupling LCA with material property data allowed the authors to recommend synthesis pathways that balance functional performance and lower impacts.

Leading a novel LCA method and characterization factor development to assess the end-of-use cases for 3 different types of proprietary agricultural coatings, compliant with European Union’s environmental regulations.