Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting with zero carbon emissions is a promising
technology to solve the global issues of energy shortage and environmental pollution …

Reactions of the light actinide ions (Th to Cm) at the mineral− aqueous solution interface
have attracted much attention during recent years. Initially research was mainly driven by the …

The Th/U ratios of zircon crystals are routinely used to help understand their growth
mechanism. Despite the wide application of Th/U ratios in understanding the geological …

Dielectric capacitors, serving as the indispensable components in advanced high-power
energy storage devices, have attracted ever-increasing attention with the rapid development …

Crystalline ceramics are intensively investigated as effective materials in various nuclear
energy applications, such as inert matrix and accident tolerant fuels and nuclear waste …

Monazite, xenotime, and allanite are REE 1-minerals sensu stricto because lanthanides
(La… Lu) and yttrium are critical constituents in them. Apatite does not require REE, but …

Iron-bearing rare earth ores are valuable mineral resources, and the hydrogen-based
mineral phase transformation (HMPT) process has significant development potential. In this …

Thermal barrier coating (TBC) materials perform an increasingly important role in the
thermal or chemical protection of hot components in a gas turbine. In this study, a novel high …

Rare earth elements (REE) are a set of seventeen chemical elements in the periodic table,
which have been found in a variety classes of minerals in the world. The global demand for …

Low thermal conductivity, matched thermal expansion coefficient and good compatibility are
general requirements for the environmental/thermal barrier coatings (EBCs/TBCs) and …