Advances in Separation and Leaching for Metal Recovery
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Separation Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 October 2025 | Viewed by 26
Special Issue Editors
Interests: non-ferrous metallurgy
Interests: environmental engineering
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainable recovery of metals from primary ores, secondary resources, and industrial wastes is critical to address global resource scarcity and advance circular economy goals. This Special Issue on "Advances in Separation and Leaching for Metal Recovery" aims to focus on cutting-edge innovations in separation and leaching technologies to enhance the efficiency, selectivity, and environmental compatibility of metal recovery processes.
With growing demand for critical metals in clean energy technologies and the urgency of reducing the environmental pollution during the processes of metal recycling, this Special Issue seeks to cover the latest developments that combine fundamental research with industrial applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Development of novel solvents, adsorbents, or membrane materials for selective metal separation;
- Advanced hydrometallurgical and bioleaching techniques for recovering metals from complex materials (e.g., electronic waste, tailings, and spent catalysts);
- Hybrid processes integrating leaching, solvent extraction, ion exchange, or precipitation;
- Innovations in electrochemical and photocatalytic recovery systems;
- Lifecycle analysis and techno-economic optimization of recovery processes;
- Mechanistic studies and computational modeling of separation/leaching dynamics.
Dr. Yun Li
Dr. Hui Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal recovery
- separation
- leaching
- efficiency
- selectivity
- sustainable recovery
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