The global challenge of climate change and the pursuit of carbon neutrality drive the
demand for clean energy technologies, increasing the need for critical minerals. However …

The demand for lithium resources is growing rapidly due to the continuous development of
the lithium‐ion battery, which plays an important part in the renewable energy industry …

Membranes facilitate scalable and continuous lithium concentration from hypersaline salt
lakes and battery leachates. Conventional nanofiltration (NF) membranes, however, exhibit …

Recycling spent lithium-ion batteries offers a sustainable solution to reduce ecological
degradation from mining and mitigate raw material shortages and price volatility. This study …

Selective separation property enhancement is quite important for membranes separations,
especially for high mass ratio Mg 2+/Li+ separations. Low selectivity and unclear separation …

Selective electrodialysis (ED) is a promising membrane-based process to separate Li+ from
Mg2+, which is the most critical step for Li extraction from brine lakes. This study theoretically …

Electrochemical technologies for water treatment, resource recovery, energy generation,
and energy storage rely on charged polymer membranes to selectively transport ions. With …

Membranes capable of differentiating between similarly charged ions could enable
applications such as resource recovery from naturally occurring waters and industrial …

In this study, a carbon-based bifunctional ionomeric capacitive deionization (BICDI) system
was successfully developed by applying a counter-charge ionomer layer to the BICDI …

The depletion of nutrient sources in fertilizers demands a paradigm shift in the treatment of
nutrient-rich wastewater, such as urine, to enable efficient resource recovery and high-value …