The materials science behind sustainable metals and alloys

D Raabe - Chemical reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Production of metals stands for 40% of all industrial greenhouse gas emissions, 10% of the
global energy consumption, 3.2 billion tonnes of minerals mined, and several billion tonnes …

On the sustainability of lithium ion battery industry–A review and perspective

Y Yang, EG Okonkwo, G Huang, S Xu, W Sun… - Energy Storage …, 2021 - Elsevier
The consumption of rechargeable batteries has been increasing rapidly. High demand on
specific metals for battery manufacturing and environmental impacts from battery disposal …

A comprehensive review of the advancement in recycling the anode and electrolyte from spent lithium ion batteries

F Arshad, L Li, K Amin, E Fan, N Manurkar… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Owing to the increasing pressure on the ecological effect of solid waste disposal and
developing the need for disposal of the corresponding hazardous metals, recovery of spent …

A critical review and analysis on the recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries

W Lv, Z Wang, H Cao, Y Sun, Y Zhang… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) has attracted significant attention in recent
years due to the increasing demand for corresponding critical metals/materials and growing …

Challenges to future development of spent lithium ion batteries recovery from environmental and technological perspectives

J Xiao, J Li, Z Xu - Environmental Science & Technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
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 …

Effective separation and recovery of valuable metals from waste Ni-based batteries: A comprehensive review

J Wang, Y Zhang, L Yu, K Cui, T Fu, H Mao - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapidly growing battery industry and the corresponding potential environmental
pollution make recycling waste nickel (Ni)-based batteries essential. This review …

Bioleaching of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion mobile phone batteries using Aspergillus niger

NB Horeh, SM Mousavi, SA Shojaosadati - Journal of power sources, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, a bio-hydrometallurgical route based on fungal activity of Aspergillus niger was
evaluated for the detoxification and recovery of Cu, Li, Mn, Al, Co and Ni metals from spent …

Bioprocessing of spent lithium ion batteries for critical metals recovery–A review

M Sethurajan, S Gaydardzhiev - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2021 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for metals and the concomitant depletion of the primary metallic
resources is one of the most important environmental and societal challenges nowadays …

Sulfur Oxidation in the Acidophilic Autotrophic Acidithiobacillus spp.

R Wang, JQ Lin, XM Liu, X Pang, CJ Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Sulfur oxidation is an essential component of the earth's sulfur cycle. Acidithiobacillus spp.
can oxidize various reduced inorganic sulfur compounds (RISCs) with high efficiency to …

Separation and recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium ion batteries: Simultaneous recovery of Li and Co in a single step

X Chen, D Kang, L Cao, J Li, T Zhou, H Ma - Separation and Purification …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainable recovery of metals from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) may be of great
significance regarding the conservation of metal resources and alleviation of potential risk …