Sustainable Li‐ion batteries: chemistry and recycling

J Piątek, S Afyon, TM Budnyak… - Advanced Energy …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The commercial breakthrough of Li‐ion batteries (LIBs) in the 1990s irrevocably shaped
today's energy storage landscape, but the disposed batteries represent a growing hazard to …

Multifunctional lignin-based nanocomposites and nanohybrids

E Lizundia, MH Sipponen, LG Greca, M Balakshin… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Significant progress in lignins valorization and development of high-performance
sustainable materials have been achieved in recent years. Reports related to lignin …

Lignin-based adsorbents for heavy metals

Z Zhang, Y Chen, D Wang, D Yu, C Wu - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
The pollution of heavy metal ions in wastewater has caused a certain degree of threat to the
environment and the human body, so the removal of heavy metals in wastewater has …

Degradation behavior, biocompatibility, electrochemical performance, and circularity potential of transient batteries

N Mittal, A Ojanguren, M Niederberger… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Transient technology seeks the development of materials, devices, or systems that undergo
controlled degradation processes after a stable operation period, leaving behind harmless …

Water decontamination using bio-based, chemically functionalized, doped, and ionic liquid-enhanced adsorbents

EN Zare, A Mudhoo, MA Khan, M Otero… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The access to clean water is a critical issue in the context of climate change and worldwide
pollution, calling for advanced methods of purification. Recent advances in materials …

CelluPhot: Hybrid Cellulose−Bismuth Oxybromide Membrane for Pollutant Removal

J Onwumere, J Pia̧tek, T Budnyak… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The simultaneous removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from wastewater is a complex
challenge and requires usually several sequential processes. Here, we demonstrate the …

[HTML][HTML] Sequential separation of cobalt and lithium by sorption: Sorbent set selection

N Conte, JM Gómez, E Díez, P Sáez, JI Monago… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The sorption of cobalt and lithium was studied using low-cost natural (dolomite, diatomite,
barite), commercial (13X zeolites and clinoptilolite) and synthesized (mesoporous carbon …

[HTML][HTML] LignoPhot: Conversion of hydrolysis lignin into the photoactive hybrid lignin/Bi4O5Br2/BiOBr composite for simultaneous dyes oxidation and Co2+ and Ni2+ …

TM Budnyak, J Onwumere, IV Pylypchuk, A Jaworski… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Valorization of lignin is still an open question and lignin has therefore remained an
underutilized biomaterial. This situation is even more pronounced for hydrolysis lignin …

Tailored hydrophobic/hydrophilic lignin coatings on mesoporous silica for sustainable cobalt (II) recycling

TM Budnyak, S Modersitzki, IV Pylypchuk… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Lignin is a renewable biopolymer, and its chemical functionalization renders it a prospective
material for a plethora of applications. Within this respect, we present a method for lignin …

Functionalized microspheres with co-participated lignin hybrids as a novel sorbents for toxic CI Basic Yellow 2 and CI Basic Blue 3 dyes removal from textile sewage

M Wawrzkiewicz, B Podkościelna, T Jesionowski… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper presents the synthesis of novel adsorbents in spherical form based on
divinylbenzene, ethylene glycol dimethylacrylate and triethoxyvinylsilane, and lignin or its …