Ever-growing global energy needs and environmental damage have motivated the pursuit of
sustainable energy sources and storage technologies. As attractive energy storage …

Noble metals exhibit broad arrange of applications in industry and several aspects of human
life which are becoming more and more prevalent in modern times. Due to their limited …

Spent lithium ion battery (LIB) recovery is becoming quite urgent for environmental
protection and social needs due to the rapid progress in LIB industries. However, recycling …

Ensuring the supply of strategic metals is crucial for the growth of industrialised countries.
One of these strategic metals is lithium, which is used in a variety of high tech product and …

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are widely used in the mobile electronics, power, energy storage
and other fields due to their excellent electrochemical performance, but their limited service …

Many facets of our civilization's contemporary life are related to the use of electrical and
electronic equipment (EEE). EEE replacement is becoming more common as the need for …

Utilizing weak interactions to effectively recover and separate precious metals in solution is
of great importance but the practice remains a challenge. Herein, we report a novel strategy …

Dihydrogen is one of the sustainable energy vectors envisioned for the future. However, the
rapidly reversible and secure storage of large quantities of hydrogen is still a technological …

The application of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in consumer electronics and electric vehicles
has been growing rapidly in recent years. This increased demand has greatly stimulated …

Critical minerals bring new challenges to energy security in the transition to clean energy, so
their supply and prices are a spectacle of global uncertainties. This research investigates the …