Recovery and Recycling of Metals from the Wastes of New Energy Industry

Dear Colleagues,

Energy shortage and environmental problems have been generally recognized as key challenges to human beings, consequently aiding the development of new energy. Nowadays, advances in photovoltaic technology, power battery technology, etc. have greatly reduced power generation and storage costs, allowing large-scale applications of new energy. However, with the blowout development of wind power, photovoltaics, and the new energy vehicle industry, the comprehensive utilization of waste from these new energy industries also face practical problems, such as insufficient large-scale utilization capacity, a lack of effective utilization approaches, and mature technology routes.

This Special Issue aims to collect a range of articles on different aspects of valuable metal recovery or various recycling forms for the waste from new energy. The objective is to decipher all new methods, processes, and knowledge in the new energy industry waste recycling. The aim of this Special Issue is to create a collection of rigorous research articles, review papers, and perspectives on resource recovery technologies centred around the new energy industry and circular economy. We hope this open access Special Issue will provide a great opportunity to demonstrate the work of researchers working in this area all around the world.

Prof. Dr. Jijun Wu
Dr. Fengshuo Xi
Guest Editors

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