Humans rely increasingly on sensors to address grand challenges and to improve quality of
life in the era of digitalization and big data. For ubiquitous sensing, flexible sensors are …

Currently, there is an increasing industrial demand for rare earth elements (REE) as these
elements are now integral to the manufacture of many carbon-neutral technologies. The …

To date, rare earth oxides (REOs) have proven to be key components in generating
sustainable energy solutions, ensuring environmental safety and economic progress due to …

The ever‐increasing production of commercial lithium‐ion batteries (LIBs) will result in a
staggering accumulation of waste when they reach their end of life. A closed‐loop solution …

With the fast-growing accumulation of electronic waste and rising demand for rare metals, it
is compelling to develop technologies that can promotionally recover targeted metals, like …

Pyrometallurgy technique is usually applied as a pretreatment to enhance the leaching
efficiencies in the hydrometallurgy process for recovering valuable metals from spent lithium …

Due to the growing demands of rare earth elements (REEs) and the vulnerability of REEs to
potential supply disruption, there have been increasing interests in recovering REEs from …

Soil contamination is an environmental issue due to increasing anthropogenic activities.
Existing processes for soil remediation suffer from long treatment time and lack generality …

In recent years, nitrogen‐doped carbons show great application potentials in the fields of
electrochemical energy storage and conversion. Here, the ultrafast and green preparation of …

Separating rare earth elements is a daunting task due to their similar properties. We report a
“tug of war” strategy that employs a lipophilic and hydrophilic ligand with contrasting …