Recycling and Value-Added Utilization of Secondary Resources
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental and Green Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 84
Special Issue Editors
Interests: secondary resources recovery; critical metal separation
Interests: lithium-ion battery recycling; cathode material; vanadium; hydrometallurg; life cycle assessment
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Emerging secondary resources have been regarded as a huge wealth for direct conversion to value-added products. There are numerous papers that focus on the upcycling of spent batteries for advanced energy stored materials, carbon conversion catalysts, and electrocatalysts. Moreover, waste plastics are appropriate alternatives for high-value nitrogenated chemicals, carbon nanomaterials, and so on. Therefore, this Special Issue, entitled “Recycling and Value-Added Utilization of Secondary Resources”, is aimed at the technology and process development for the sustainable conversion of secondary resources to value-added products. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Characteristics of secondary resources (e.g., spent batteries, plastics);
- Upcycling and upgrading strategies from wastes;
- Value-added product recoveries and applications;
- Deep separation, purification and simulation;
- Material flow analysis and lifecycle assessment;
- Sustainable circular economy design and discussion;
- Use of biodegradable materials.
Dr. Jiawei Wen
Dr. Wenhao Yu
Dr. Shiyuan Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- value-added utilization
- secondary resources
- recovery
- critical metal
- upcycling
- lifecycle assessment
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