Advancement in energy storage technologies is closely related to social development.
However, a significant conflict has arisen between the explosive growth in battery demand …

Significant progress in lignins valorization and development of high-performance
sustainable materials have been achieved in recent years. Reports related to lignin …

The adoption of circular production and consumption patterns that counteract the current
issues related to the depletion of natural resources, global warming, and environmental …

Battery storage systems have become an important pillar in the transformation of the energy
and transportation sector over the last decades. Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the …

The global trend towards electromobility raises questions about the treatment of lithium-ion
batteries from battery-electric vehicles at the end-of-life stage. The paper examines two …

Critical metals are key to lithium-ion batteries (LIB), but metal mining has inflicted many
socio-environmental harms. Recovering metals from spent LIBs can partially overcome this …

Chitin nanoparticles are responsible for the outstanding mechanical properties found in the
exoskeletons of crustaceans and are finding applications in many scientific and …

Aqueous zinc ion batteries (AZIBs) are gaining widespread scientific and industrial attention
thanks to their safety and potential environmental sustainability in comparison with other …

Chemical upcycling of non-biodegradable polymers can shift the current linear plastic
economy towards circular patterns. This work studies the environmental impacts of poly …

The effect of hydrogen peroxide on the leachability of different reference cathode active
materials used in lithium-ion batteries (LCO, NMC 111, NMC 622, and NMC 811) was …