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Kazi OA, Chen W, Eatman JG, Gao F, Liu Y, Wang Y, Xia Z, Darling SB. Material Design Strategies for Recovery of Critical Resources from Water. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2300913. [PMID: 37000538 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Population growth, urbanization, and decarbonization efforts are collectively straining the supply of limited resources that are necessary to produce batteries, electronics, chemicals, fertilizers, and other important products. Securing the supply chains of these critical resources via the development of separation technologies for their recovery represents a major global challenge to ensure stability and security. Surface water, groundwater, and wastewater are emerging as potential new sources to bolster these supply chains. Recently, a variety of material-based technologies have been developed and employed for separations and resource recovery in water. Judicious selection and design of these materials to tune their properties for targeting specific solutes is central to realizing the potential of water as a source for critical resources. Here, the materials that are developed for membranes, sorbents, catalysts, electrodes, and interfacial solar steam generators that demonstrate promise for applications in critical resource recovery are reviewed. In addition, a critical perspective is offered on the grand challenges and key research directions that need to be addressed to improve their practical viability.
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- Omar A Kazi
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, 60439, USA
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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Preparation and stability enhancement of anchor bonded 3D-network extracting membrane for nickel extraction. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Factors driving metal partition in ionic liquid-based acidic aqueous biphasic systems. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Raj T, Chandrasekhar K, Kumar AN, Sharma P, Pandey A, Jang M, Jeon BH, Varjani S, Kim SH. Recycling of cathode material from spent lithium-ion batteries: Challenges and future perspectives. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 429:128312. [PMID: 35086036 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The intrinsic advancement of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) for application in electric vehicles (EVs), portable electronic devices, and energy-storage devices has led to an increase in the number of spent LIBs. Spent LIBs contain hazardous metals (such as Li, Co, Ni, and Mn), toxic and corrosive electrolytes, metal casting, and polymer binders that pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. Additionally, spent LIBs may serve as an economic source for transition metals, which could be applied to redesigning under a closed-circuit recycling process. Thus, the development of environmentally benign, low cost, and efficient processes for recycling of LIBs for a sustainable future has attracted worldwide attention. Therefore, herein, we introduce the concept of LIBs and review state-of-art technologies for metal recycling processes. Moreover, we emphasize on LIB pretreatment approaches, metal extraction, and pyrometallurgical, hydrometallurgical, and biometallurgical approaches. Direct recycling technologies combined with the profitable and sustainable cathode healing technology have significant potential for the recycling of LIBs without decomposition into substituent elements or precipitation; hence, these technologies can be industrially adopted for EV batteries. Finally, commercial technological developments, existing challenges, and suggestions are presented for the development of effective, environmentally friendly recycling technology for the future.
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- Tirath Raj
- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore, 1 Create Way, 138602, Singapore
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- Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow 226 001, India
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Earth Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
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- Gujarat Pollution Control Board, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 010, India
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Supported Liquid Membranes Based on Bifunctional Ionic Liquids for Selective Recovery of Gallium. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12040376. [PMID: 35448346 PMCID: PMC9031070 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12040376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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In this work, separation and recovery of gallium from aqueous solutions was examined using acid-base bifunctional ionic liquids (Bif-ILs) in both solvent extraction and supported liquid membrane (SLM) processes. The influence of a variety of parameters, such as feed acidity, extractant concentration and metal concentration on the solvent extraction behavior were evaluated. The slope method combined with FTIR spectroscopy was utilized to determine possible extraction mechanisms. The SLM containing Bif-ILs demonstrated highly selective facilitated transport of 96.2% Ga(III) from feed to stripping solution after optimization. During the evaluation of the separation performance of SLM for the transport of Ga(III), in the presence of Al(III), Mg(II), Cu(II) and Fe(II), 88.5% Ga(III) could be transported with only 6% Fe(II) and a nil quantity of other metals co-transported. SLM exhibited excellent long-time stability in five repeated transport cycles. Highly selective transport and separation performance was achieved using the SLM containing Bif-ILs, indicating considerable potential for application in Ga(III) recovery.
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Regufe MJ, Ribeiro AM, Ferreira AFP, Loureiro JM. Lithium‐ion batteries recycling – modelling using flat sheet supported liquid membranes. Chem Eng Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202100509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Maria João Regufe
- LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials, Associate Laboratory, Faculdade de Engenharia Chemical Engineering Department Universidade do Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias Porto 4200465 Portugal
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- LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials, Associate Laboratory, Faculdade de Engenharia Chemical Engineering Department Universidade do Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias Porto 4200465 Portugal
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- LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials, Associate Laboratory, Faculdade de Engenharia Chemical Engineering Department Universidade do Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias Porto 4200465 Portugal
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- LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials, Associate Laboratory, Faculdade de Engenharia Chemical Engineering Department Universidade do Porto Rua Dr. Roberto Frias Porto 4200465 Portugal
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Separation of Cu, Co, Ni and Mn from acid leaching solution of ocean cobalt-rich crust using precipitation with Na2S and solvent extraction with N235. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-021-0919-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Yang Y, Yang Y, He C, Wei Y, Fujita T, Wei Z, Yang W, Shen F. The adsorption and desorption behavior and mechanism research of cobalt, nickel and copper in nitrite - sulfuric acid system. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2021.2021425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Yingjie Yang
- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- School of Resources, Environment and Materials, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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The increasing demand for Li-ion batteries for electric vehicles sheds light upon the Co supply chain. The metal is crucial to the cathode of these batteries, and the leading global producer is the D.R. Congo (70%). For this reason, it is considered critical/strategic due to the risk of interruption of supply in the short and medium term. Due to the increasing consumption for the transportation market, the batteries might be considered a secondary source of Co. The outstanding amount of spent batteries makes them to a core of urban mining warranting special attention. Greener technologies for Co recovery are necessary to achieve sustainable development. As a result of these sourcing challenges, this study is devoted to reviewing the techniques for Co recovery, such as acid leaching (inorganic and organic), separation (solvent extraction, ion exchange resins, and precipitation), and emerging technologies—ionic liquids, deep eutectic solvent, supercritical fluids, nanotechnology, and biohydrometallurgy. A dearth of research in emerging technologies for Co recovery from Li-ion batteries is discussed throughout the manuscript within a broader overview. The study is strictly connected to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDG) number 7, 8, 9, and 12.
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Kulkarni PS, Shaikh VAE, Sutradhar M. Enhanced separation of nitrophenols from wastewater by using ammonium ionic liquid with thiocyanate anion in supported liquid membrane. SEP SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2021.1995428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Prashant Shripad Kulkarni
- Energy and Environment Laboratory, Department of Applied Chemistry, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Pune, India
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- Energy and Environment Laboratory, Department of Applied Chemistry, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Ministry of Defence, Pune, India
- School of Chemistry, MIT World Peace University, Pune, India
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Nguyen CH, Tran TTV, Huang WC, Juang RS. Experimental verification on stability analysis of supported-liquid-membrane separation of metal ions by in-situ electrical impedance spectroscopy. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A Hybrid Modeling Framework for Membrane Separation Processes: Application to Lithium-Ion Recovery from Batteries. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9111939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This study proposed a hybrid modeling framework for membrane separation processes where lithium from batteries is recovered. This is a pertinent problem nowadays as lithium batteries are popularized in hybrid and electric vehicles. The hybrid model is based on an artificial intelligence (AI) structure to model the mass transfer resistance of several experimental separations found in the literature. It is also based on a phenomenological model to represent the transient system regime. An optimization framework was designed to perform the AI model training and simultaneously solve the Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) system representing the phenomenological model. The results demonstrate that the hybrid model can better represent the experimental validation sets than the phenomenological model alone. This strategy opens doors for further investigations of this system.
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Galiano F, Mancuso R, Guazzelli L, Mauri M, Chiappe C, Simonutti R, Brunetti A, Pomelli CS, Barbieri G, Gabriele B, Figoli A. Phosphonium ionic liquid-polyacrylate copolymer membranes for improved CO2 separations. J Memb Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2021.119479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cheng Y, Guo Y, He H, Ding W, Diao Y, Huo F. Mechanistic Understanding of CO 2 Adsorption and Diffusion in the Imidazole Ionic Liquid–Hexafluoroisopropylidene Polyimide Composite Membrane. Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c00567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ye Cheng
- College of Mathematics Sciences, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, PR China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- College of Mathematics Sciences, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, PR China
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Friess K, Izák P, Kárászová M, Pasichnyk M, Lanč M, Nikolaeva D, Luis P, Jansen JC. A Review on Ionic Liquid Gas Separation Membranes. MEMBRANES 2021; 11:97. [PMID: 33573138 PMCID: PMC7911519 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11020097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Ionic liquids have attracted the attention of the industry and research community as versatile solvents with unique properties, such as ionic conductivity, low volatility, high solubility of gases and vapors, thermal stability, and the possibility to combine anions and cations to yield an almost endless list of different structures. These features open perspectives for numerous applications, such as the reaction medium for chemical synthesis, electrolytes for batteries, solvent for gas sorption processes, and also membranes for gas separation. In the search for better-performing membrane materials and membranes for gas and vapor separation, ionic liquids have been investigated extensively in the last decade and a half. This review gives a complete overview of the main developments in the field of ionic liquid membranes since their first introduction. It covers all different materials, membrane types, their preparation, pure and mixed gas transport properties, and examples of potential gas separation applications. Special systems will also be discussed, including facilitated transport membranes and mixed matrix membranes. The main strengths and weaknesses of the different membrane types will be discussed, subdividing them into supported ionic liquid membranes (SILMs), poly(ionic liquids) or polymerized ionic liquids (PILs), polymer/ionic liquid blends (physically or chemically cross-linked 'ion-gels'), and PIL/IL blends. Since membrane processes are advancing as an energy-efficient alternative to traditional separation processes, having shown promising results for complex new separation challenges like carbon capture as well, they may be the key to developing a more sustainable future society. In this light, this review presents the state-of-the-art of ionic liquid membranes, to analyze their potential in the gas separation processes of the future.
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- Karel Friess
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.F.); (P.I.); (M.L.)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.K.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.F.); (P.I.); (M.L.)
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.K.); (M.P.)
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.K.); (M.P.)
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Rozvojová 135, 165 02 Prague, Czech Republic; (M.K.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic; (K.F.); (P.I.); (M.L.)
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- Materials & Process Engineering, UCLouvain, Place Sainte Barbe 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; (D.N.); (P.L.)
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- Materials & Process Engineering, UCLouvain, Place Sainte Barbe 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; (D.N.); (P.L.)
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