The Mass and Energy Recovery from Secondary Raw Materials
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A: Sustainable Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2022) | Viewed by 2352
Special Issue Editors
Interests: process simulation for Li-MnO2 primary battery recycling: cryomechanical and hydrometallurgical treatments at pilot scale
Interests: process engineering; recycling and recovery of industrial waste (circular economy); rehabilitation of industrial wastelands; polluted sites; biotechnology; Precision agriculture; geo-resources
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Interests: nanowires; electrodeposition; template electrodeposition; lithium-ion battery recycling; supercapacitor; pseudocapacitor; lithium-ion batteries; cobalt anodes; anodes; anode; cobalt; cobalt nanostructures; metal recovery
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the view of a circular economy, where minimization of the use of primary resources, creation of waste, and reduction in pollution and carbon emissions are matter of relevant importance, mass and energy recovery from secondary raw materials represent an obligatory path to create carbon-neutral closed-loop production systems. Additionally, due to the never-ending need for an increase in raw materials to sustain the production of everyday life goods, the development of new innovative processes that allow the exploitation of raw materials from secondary products or primary raw material with low material content (e.g., mine tailings) is required.
The Special Issue invites original research papers to address new processes for the recovery of mass and energy from secondary raw materials, such as spent catalysts, photovoltaic panels, lithium-ion batteries, consumer electronics, wastes, and mine tailings. Additionally, authors are encouraged to submit review papers addressing the state of the art and recent advancements in these areas, providing useful guidelines for future research directions.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Reclaiming raw materials from spent products, buildings, and waste (urban mining);
- Materials recovery from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries;
- Recovery of raw materials from mining waste, tailings, and landfills.
Prof. Luigi Toro
Dr. Essaid Bilal
Dr. Schiavi Pier Giorgio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recycling
- secondary raw materials
- closed-loop processes
- circular economy
- waste as resource
