Recycling of lithium‐ion batteries—current state of the art, circular economy, and next generation recycling

J Neumann, M Petranikova, M Meeus… - Advanced energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Being successfully introduced into the market only 30 years ago, lithium‐ion batteries have
become state‐of‐the‐art power sources for portable electronic devices and the most …

Deep eutectic solvents: A review of fundamentals and applications

BB Hansen, S Spittle, B Chen, D Poe, Y Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are an emerging class of mixtures characterized by
significant depressions in melting points compared to those of the neat constituent …

Eutectics: formation, properties, and applications

D Yu, Z Xue, T Mu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Various eutectic systems have been proposed and studied over the past few decades. Most
of the studies have focused on three typical types of eutectics: eutectic metals, eutectic salts …

Selective Extraction of Transition Metals from Spent LiNixCoyMn1−xyO2 Cathode via Regulation of Coordination Environment

X Chang, M Fan, CF Gu, WH He… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The complexity of chemical compounds in lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) results in great
difficulties in the extraction of multiple transition metals, which have similar physicochemical …

Deep Eutectic Solvents‐Based Ionogels with Ultrafast Gelation and High Adhesion in Harsh Environments

G Ge, K Mandal, R Haghniaz, M Li… - Advanced functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Adhesive materials have recently drawn intensive attention due to their excellent sealing
ability, stimulating advances in materials science and industrial usage. However, reported …

History repeats itself again: Will the mistakes of the past for ILs be repeated for DESs? From being considered ionic liquids to becoming their alternative: The …

J Afonso, A Mezzetta, IM Marrucho, L Guazzelli - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The establishment of the place of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as a new class of green
solvents was essentially grounded on naïve comparisons with Ionic Liquids (ILs), since both …

Status and advances of deep eutectic solvents for metal separation and recovery

Z Yuan, H Liu, WF Yong, Q She, J Esteban - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing discharge of metal-associated waste not only causes growing concerns on
the environment and human health but also accelerates the depletion of natural metal …

Revisiting the physicochemical properties and applications of deep eutectic solvents

SP Ijardar, V Singh, RL Gardas - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recently, deep eutectic solvent (DES) or ionic liquid (IL) analogues have been considered
as the newest green solvent, demonstrating the potential to replace harsh volatile organic …

A critical review of recent advances in the production of furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from lignocellulosic biomass through homogeneous catalytic hydrothermal …

Y Zhao, K Lu, H Xu, L Zhu, S Wang - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Furan energy platform compounds including furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), can
be produced by hydrothermal conversion of biomass. After hydrodeoxygenation, these …

Insights into the nature of eutectic and deep eutectic mixtures

MAR Martins, SP Pinho, JAP Coutinho - Journal of Solution Chemistry, 2019 - Springer
A stricter definition of a deep eutectic solvent (DES) is urgent, so that it may become a sound
basis for further developments in this field. This communication aims at contributing to …