Zunyan Yang , Zepeng Lv , Shaolong Li , Jilin He , Jianxun Song
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Ecofriendly recycling of critical metal from secondary resources via molten salt electrolysis
With rapid industrial advancements, the demand for efficient metal recycling has surged alongside increasing metal waste production. To meet environmental regulations and the high-purity requirements of advanced technologies, a green, cost-effective recycling strategy is essential. Molten salt electrolysis (MSE) offers a sustainable alternative to conventional methods, using electrons as reductants in a clean, high-efficiency process. The tunability of molten salts enables high diffusion and reaction rates, making them ideal for chemical reactions. Advancing MSE is crucial for recovering high-purity metals from secondary resources. This review summarizes MSE applications in recycling alloy scraps, spent batteries, metallurgical solid waste, spent nuclear fuel, and irradiated targets. It explores different electrolysis approaches, analyzes current limitations, and discusses optimization strategies for future development, aiming to enhance its industrial viability.
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The Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (JECE) serves as a platform for the dissemination of original and innovative research focusing on the advancement of environmentally-friendly, sustainable technologies. JECE emphasizes the transition towards a carbon-neutral circular economy and a self-sufficient bio-based economy. Topics covered include soil, water, wastewater, and air decontamination; pollution monitoring, prevention, and control; advanced analytics, sensors, impact and risk assessment methodologies in environmental chemical engineering; resource recovery (water, nutrients, materials, energy); industrial ecology; valorization of waste streams; waste management (including e-waste); climate-water-energy-food nexus; novel materials for environmental, chemical, and energy applications; sustainability and environmental safety; water digitalization, water data science, and machine learning; process integration and intensification; recent developments in green chemistry for synthesis, catalysis, and energy; and original research on contaminants of emerging concern, persistent chemicals, and priority substances, including microplastics, nanoplastics, nanomaterials, micropollutants, antimicrobial resistance genes, and emerging pathogens (viruses, bacteria, parasites) of environmental significance.