Papers

Gaalich, I., Driouech, I., Hayagan, N., Aymonier, C., Sonnemann, G., Olchowka, J., Philippot, G., & Loubet, P. (2025). Life Cycle Assessment of an Innovative Process Assisted by Pressurized CO₂ for Direct Recycling of Lithium-Ion Battery Positive Electrode Production Scraps. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, acssuschemeng.4c09427. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c09427

Kamali, A. K., Isayev, J., Laratte, B., & Sonnemann, G. (2025). Harmonizing life cycle assessment studies of emerging technologies: The case of virgin and recycled carbon fibers. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 220, 108323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108323

Leroy-Parmentier, N., Loubet, P., Saint-Jean, M., Patouillard, N., & Sonnemann, G. (2024). Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for the Bioeconomy: The Case of the Production of Tramadol from 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran. ACS Sustainable Resource Management. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssusresmgt.4c00144

Godinaud, J., Loubet, P., Gombert-Courvoisier, S., Pryet, A., Dupuy, A., & Larroque, F. (2024). Life Cycle Assessment of an Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage System: Influence of design parameters and comparison with conventional systems. Geothermics, 120(March), 102996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2024.102996

Hayagan, N., Gaalich, I., Loubet, P., Croguennec, L., Aymonier, C., Philippot, G., & Olchowka, J. (2024). Challenges and Perspectives for Direct Recycling of Electrode Scraps and End‐of‐Life Lithium‐ion Batteries. Batteries & Supercaps. https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202400120

Mas-Fons, A., Horta Arduin, R., Loubet, P., Pereira, T., Parvez, A. M., & Sonnemann, G. (2024). Carbon and water footprint of battery-grade lithium from brine and spodumene: A simulation-based LCA. Journal of Cleaner Production, 452(April), 142108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.142108

Ceballos-Santos, S., Entrena-Barbero, E., Laso, J., Margallo, M., González-García, S., Moreira, M. T., Almeida, C., Marques, A., Quinteiro, P., Dias, A. C., Villanueva-Rey, P., Loubet, P., Erradhouani, B., Cooney, R., Clifford, E., Baptista de Sousa, D. A., Feijoo, G., & Aldaco, R. (2024). Applying a water-energy-food nexus approach to seafood products from the European Atlantic area. Journal of Cleaner Production, 442(May 2023), 140804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140804

Kamali, A. K., Lee, D., Futsch, R., Glogic, E., Rougier, A., & Sonnemann, G. (2024). Steering Innovation toward Sustainable Electrochromic Displays: A Prospective Life Cycle Assessment Study. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c06079

Chitaka, T. Y., Anaïs, D., Mignard, E., Etienne, G., Sonnemann, G., & Bobet, J.-L. (2024). Utilizing life cycle assessment to support the environmentally friendly design of hydrogen generation from magnesium alloys: Offering a second life to waste. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 77, 265–271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.06.086

Kamali, A. K., Keppetipola, N. M., Yoshihara, Y., Jena, A. K., Uchida, S., Segawa, H., Sonnemann, G., Toupance, T., & Cojocaru, L. (2024). Validating the “greenness” of chemicals via life cycle assessment: the case of anisole as an anti-solvent in perovskite solar cells. RSC Sustainability, 2(10), 3036–3046. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SU00361F

Estevez-Torres, A., Gauffre, F., Gouget, G., Grazon, C., & Loubet, P. (2024). Carbon footprint and mitigation strategies of three chemistry laboratories. Green Chemistry, 12(3), 471–472. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC03668E

Collin, A., Capitaine, A., Vincent, A. F., Dejous, C., Ghiotto, A., Desainte-catherine, M., Loubet, P., & Jégo, C. (2024). Enseignements sur les enjeux environnementaux et les impacts du numérique dans une école d’ingénieurs. JEESES, 1, 5–10. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.53480/jeeses.cea2

Koyamparambath, A., Loubet, P., Young, S. B., & Sonnemann, G. (2024). Spatially and temporally differentiated characterization factors for supply risk of abiotic resources in life cycle assessment. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 209(May), 107801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107801

Kamali, A. K., Glogic, E., Keppetipola, N. M., Sonnemann, G., Toupance, T., & Cojocaru, L. (2023). Prospective Life Cycle Assessment of Two Supercapacitor Architectures. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c04007

Bechis, G., Raccary, B., Sarrazin, E., Corbi, E., Peres, C., David, N., Bicchi, C., & Cagliero, C. (2023). Assessing the environmental and overall performance of gas chromatographic analyses. Development of a comprehensive evaluation framework and application to routine chiral analyses of fragrances as a case study. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 35, 101217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2023.101217

Lale, A., Buckley, C., Kermène, V., Desfarges-Berthelemot, A., Dumas-Bouchiat, F., Mignard, E., & Rossignol, F. (2023). Holographic photopolymerization combined to microfluidics for the fabrication of lab-in-lab microdevices and complex 3D micro-objects. Heliyon, 9(9). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20054

Leroy-Parmentier, N., Valdivia, S., Loubet, P., & Sonnemann, G. (2023). Alignment of the life cycle initiative’s “principles for the application of life cycle sustainability assessment” with the LCSA practice: A case study review. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 28(6), 704–740. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02162-0

Fuentes, O. P., Cruz, J. C., Mignard, E., Sonnemann, G., & Osma, J. F. (2023). Life Cycle Assessment of Magnetite Production Using Microfluidic Devices: Moving from the Laboratory to Industrial Scale. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c06875

Loubet, P., Vincent, A., Collin, A., Dejous, C., Ghiotto, A., & Jego, C. (2023). Life cycle assessment of ICT in higher education: a comparison between desktop and single-board computers. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 28(3), 255–273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-022-02131-z

Galafton, C., Maga, D., Sonnemann, G., & Thonemann, N. (2023). Life cycle assessment of different strawberry production methods in Germany with a particular focus on plastic emissions. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 28(6), 611–625. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02167-9

Lee, D., Kim, J., Sonnemann, G., & Park, H.-S. (2023). Identifying the socioeconomic determinants of industrial hazardous waste generation: South Korea as a case study. Science of The Total Environment, 901, 166525. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166525

Siddhantakar, A., Santillán-Saldivar, J., Kippes, T., Sonnemann, G., Reller, A., & Young, S. B. (2023). Helium resource global supply and demand: Geopolitical supply risk analysis. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 193(March), 106935. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106935

Babí Almenar, J., Petucco, C., Sonnemann, G., Geneletti, D., Elliot, T., & Rugani, B. (2023). Modelling the net environmental and economic impacts of urban nature-based solutions by combining ecosystem services, system dynamics and life cycle thinking: An application to urban forests. Ecosystem Services, 60(May 2021), 101506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101506

Maury-Micolier, T., Maury-Micolier, A., Helias, A., Sonnemann, G., & Loubet, P. (2022). A new impact assessment model to integrate space debris within the life cycle assessment-based environmental footprint of space systems. Frontiers in Space Technologies, 3(November), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3389/frspt.2022.998064

Charpentier Poncelet, A., Loubet, P., Helbig, C., Beylot, A., Muller, S., Villeneuve, J., Laratte, B., Thorenz, A., Tuma, A., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). Midpoint and endpoint characterization factors for mineral resource dissipation: methods and application to 6000 data sets. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 27(9–11), 1180–1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-022-02093-2

Glogic, E., Kamali, A. K., Keppetipola, N. M., Alonge, B., Kumara, G. R. A., Sonnemann, G., Toupance, T., & Cojocaru, L. (2022). Life Cycle Assessment of Supercapacitor Electrodes Based on Activated Carbon from Coconut Shells. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03239

Almeida, C., Loubet, P., Laso, J., Nunes, M. L., & Marques, A. (2022). Environmental assessment of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) from a small-scale fishery in Algarve (Portugal). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-022-02072-7

Charpentier Poncelet, A., Helbig, C., Loubet, P., Beylot, A., Muller, S., Villeneuve, J., Laratte, B., Thorenz, A., Tuma, A., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). Losses and lifetimes of metals in the economy. Nature Sustainability, 5(8), 717–726. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00895-8

Viana, L. R., Dessureault, P.-L., Marty, C., Loubet, P., Levasseur, A., Boucher, J.-F., & Paré, M. C. (2022). Would transitioning from conventional to organic oat grains production reduce environmental impacts? A LCA case study in North-East Canada. Journal of Cleaner Production, 349(November 2021), 131344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131344

Koyamparambath, A., Adibi, N., Szablewski, C., Adibi, S. A., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). Implementing Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Predict Environmental Impacts: Case of Construction Products. Sustainability, 14(6), 3699. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063699

Laso, J., Ruiz-Salmón, I., Margallo, M., Villanueva-Rey, P., Poceiro, L., Quinteiro, P., Dias, A. C., Almeida, C., Marques, A., Entrena-Barbero, E., Moreira, M. T., Feijoo, G., Loubet, P., Sonnemann, G., Cooney, R., Clifford, E., Regueiro, L., Sousa, D. A. B. de, Jacob, C., … Aldaco, R. (2022). Achieving Sustainability of the Seafood Sector in the European Atlantic Area by Addressing Eco-Social Challenges: The NEPTUNUS Project. Sustainability, 14(5), 3054. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14053054

Raccary, B., Loubet, P., Peres, C., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). Evaluating the environmental impacts of analytical chemistry methods: From a critical review towards a proposal using a life cycle approach. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 147, 116525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2022.116525

Raccary, B., Loubet, P., Peres, C., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). Life cycle assessment of sample preparation in analytical chemistry: a case study on SBSE and SPE techniques. Advances in Sample Preparation, 1(December 2021), 100009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sampre.2022.100009

Charpentier Poncelet, A., Beylot, A., Loubet, P., Laratte, B., Muller, S., Villeneuve, J., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). Linkage of impact pathways to cultural perspectives to account for multiple aspects of mineral resource use in life cycle assessment. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 176(August 2021), 105912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105912

Loubet, P., Couturier, J., Horta Arduin, R., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). Life cycle inventory of plastics losses from seafood supply chains: Methodology and application to French fish products. Science of The Total Environment, 804, 150117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150117

Schrijvers, D. L., Loubet, P., & Sonnemann, G. W. (2022). The influence of market factors on the potential environmental benefits of the recycling of rare earth elements. Clean Technologies and Recycling, 2(1), 64–79. https://doi.org/10.3934/ctr.2022004

Schrijvers, D. L., Loubet, P., Sonnemann, G. W., Schrijvers, D. L., Loubet, P., & Sonnemann, G. W. (2022). The influence of market factors on the potential environmental benefits of the recycling of rare earth elements. Clean Technologies and Recycling, 2(1), 64–79. https://doi.org/10.3934/ctr.2022004

Santillán-Saldivar, J., Gemechu, E., Muller, S., Villeneuve, J., Young, S. B., & Sonnemann, G. (2022). An improved resource midpoint characterization method for supply risk of resources: integrated assessment of Li-ion batteries. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-022-02027-y

Almeida, C., Loubet, P., da Costa, T. P., Quinteiro, P., Laso, J., Baptista de Sousa, D., Cooney, R., Mellett, S., Sonnemann, G., Rodríguez, C. J., Rowan, N., Clifford, E., Ruiz‐Salmón, I., Margallo, M., Aldaco, R., Nunes, M. L., Dias, A. C., & Marques, A. (2021). Packaging environmental impact on seafood supply chains: A review of life cycle assessment studies. Journal of Industrial Ecology, jiec.13189. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13189

Santillán‐Saldivar, J., Gaugler, T., Helbig, C., Rathgeber, A., Sonnemann, G., Thorenz, A., & Tuma, A. (2021). Design of an endpoint indicator for mineral resource supply risks in life cycle sustainability assessment: The case of Li‐ion batteries. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 25(4), 1051–1062. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13094

Schrijvers, D. L., Loubet, P., & Weidema, B. P. (2021). To what extent is the Circular Footprint Formula of the Product Environmental Footprint Guide consequential? Journal of Cleaner Production, 128800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128800

Schrijvers, D., Loubet, P., & Sonnemann, G. (2021). An axiomatic method for goal-dependent allocation in life cycle assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 0123456789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-021-01932-y

Jourdaine, M., Loubet, P., Sonnemann, G., & Trébucq, S. (2021). The ABC‐LCA method for the integration of activity‐based costing and life cycle assessment. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(4), 1735–1750. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2712

Charpentier Poncelet, A., Helbig, C., Loubet, P., Beylot, A., Muller, S., Villeneuve, J., Laratte, B., Thorenz, A., Tuma, A., & Sonnemann, G. (2021). Life cycle impact assessment methods for estimating the impacts of dissipative flows of metals. Journal of Industrial Ecology, jiec.13136. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13136

Layton, R. J., Horta Arduin, R., Yazdeen, H., Pommier, R., & Sonnemann, G. (2021). Material Flow Analysis to Evaluate Supply Chain Evolution and Management: An Example Focused on Maritime Pine in the Landes de Gascogne Forest, France. Sustainability, 13(8), 4378. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084378

Schrijvers, D. L., Loubet, P., & Sonnemann, G. (2021). “Allocation at the point of substitution” applied to recycled rare earth elements: what can we learn? The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-021-01884-3

Viere, T., Amor, B., Berger, N., Fanous, R. D., Arduin, R. H., Keller, R., Laurent, A., Loubet, P., Strothmann, P., Weyand, S., Wright, L., & Sonnemann, G. (2021). Teaching life cycle assessment in higher education. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 26(3), 511–527. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01844-3

Helbig, C., Schrijvers, D., & Hool, A. (2021). Selecting and prioritizing material resources by criticality assessments. One Earth, 4(3), 339–345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.02.006

Ruiz-Salmón, I., Laso, J., Margallo, M., Villanueva-Rey, P., Rodríguez, E., Quinteiro, P., Dias, A. C., Almeida, C., Nunes, M. L., Marques, A., Cortés, A., Moreira, M. T., Feijoo, G., Loubet, P., Sonnemann, G., Morse, A. P., Cooney, R., Clifford, E., Regueiro, L., … Aldaco, R. (2021). Life cycle assessment of fish and seafood processed products – A review of methodologies and new challenges. Science of The Total Environment, 761(December 2020), 144094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144094

Tonini, D., Schrijvers, D., Nessi, S., Garcia-Gutierrez, P., & Giuntoli, J. (2021). Carbon footprint of plastic from biomass and recycled feedstock: methodological insights. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 26(2), 221–237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01853-2