The story of rare earth elements (REEs): Occurrences, global distribution, genesis, geology, mineralogy and global production

N Dushyantha, N Batapola, I Ilankoon, S Rohitha… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) including fifteen lanthanides, yttrium and scandium are found in
more than 250 minerals, worldwide. REEs are used in various high-tech applications across …

From geochemistry to ecotoxicology of rare earth elements in aquatic environments: Diversity and uses of normalization reference materials and anomaly calculation …

J Rétif, A Zalouk-Vergnoux, N Briant, L Poirier - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The geochemistry of rare earth elements (REEs) has been studied for a long time and has
allowed us to highlight enrichments or depletions of REEs in aquatic ecosystems and to …

Structural and photocatalytic properties of new rare earth La3+ substituted MnFe2O4 ferrite nanoparticles

MM Baig, S Zulfiqar, MA Yousuf, M Touqeer… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
A multipurpose, environment-friendly, and effective catalyst for control of environmental
contaminants is an enduring interest in recent years. In the present study, lanthanum …

[HTML][HTML] The role of microorganisms in mobilization and phytoextraction of rare earth elements: a review

J Jalali, T Lebeau - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Rare earth (RE) elements are a group of 17 chemical elements including the 15 lanthanides
plus Yttrium and Scandium. RE have been identified as critical elements due to their special …

[HTML][HTML] Global distribution, genesis, exploitation, applications, production, and demand of industrial heavy minerals

CS Subasinghe, AS Ratnayake, B Roser… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Heavy minerals (HMs) are used in many high-tech applications (eg nuclear reactors,
photovoltaic cells, electronics, green, and nano-and space technology), and thus global …

Effect of lanthanum substitution on structural, magnetic, and electric properties of Ni–Zn–Co ferrites for radio frequency and microwave devices

HS Guo, L Zhang, YL Yan, J Zhang, J Wang… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Ni 0.55 Zn 0.3 Co 0.15 La x Fe 2− x O 4 (x= 0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, and
0.20) ferrite ceramics with low magnetic loss and high resonant frequency were prepared …

An Expanded Cox and Strack Method for Precise Extraction of Specific Contact Resistance of Transition Metal Oxide/n-Silicon Heterojunction

W Wang, H Lin, Z Yang, Z Wang, J Wang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Specific contact resistance, commonly extracted by Cox and Strack method (CSM) and
transfer length method (TLM), is one of the most important properties of carrier-selective …

Design and numerical investigation of Perovskite/Silicon tandem solar cell

M Bacha, A Saadoune, I Youcef - Optical Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper reports the simulation of a Perovskite/Silicon tandem solar cell, based on
methylammonium mixed bromide-iodide lead perovskite, CH 3 NH 3 PbI 3− x Br x and …

Aluminum oxide passivating tunneling interlayers for molybdenum oxide hole-selective contacts

BE Davis, NC Strandwitz - IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aluminum oxide thin films fabricated via atomic layer deposition are introduced as
passivating tunneling interlayers between hole-selective molybdenum oxide contacts and …

On the application of hole‐selective MoOx as full‐area rear contact for industrial scale p‐type c‐Si solar cells

H Nasser, F Es, M Zolfaghari Borra… - Progress in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present the feasibility of integrating substoichiometric molybdenum oxide (MoOx) as
hole‐selective rear contact into the production sequence of industrial scale p‐type …