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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Sustainable separation of rare earth elements from wastes.

Shichen Xu, Justin Sharp, Bing Deng, Qiming Liu, Lucas Eddy, Weiqiang Chen, Jaeho Shin, Shihui Chen, Haoxin Ye, Khalil JeBailey and 4 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Sustainable separation of rare earth elements from wastes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Shichen XuDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0009-0000-2818-3011
Justin SharpDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Bing DengDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0003-0530-8410
Qiming LiuDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0001-5839-5453
Lucas EddyDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Weiqiang ChenDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0002-5355-6710
Jaeho ShinDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.
Shihui ChenDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0003-2122-3791
Haoxin YeDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0001-5964-3762
Khalil JeBaileyDepartment of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0001-9870-541X
Bowen LiDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0003-4359-1712
Tengda SiDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0009-0004-6551-1001
Kai GongDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Rice Advanced Materials Institute, Ken Kennedy Institute, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005.
James M TourDepartment of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005.ORCID 0000-0002-8479-9328

Funding

DOD | AF | AMC | AFRL | Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) FA9550-22-1-0526DOD | ARPA | Defense Sciences Office, DARPA (DSO) HR00112290122DOD | USA | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) W912HZ-21-2-0050DOD | USA | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) W912HZ-24-2-0027Rice University (Rice) Shared Equipment Authority
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rare earth elements (REEs) are indispensable in modern technologies, but their supply chain faces challenges due to limited geographical availability and political difficulties. Recycling REEs from industrial waste provides a sustainable alternative to mining, promoting a circular economy and reducing environmental impacts. The mainstay approaches for REE recovery, hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods, can be inefficient, consuming high energy and generating large aqueous and acid waste streams. Here, we introduce flash Joule heating (FJH) combined with chlorination (FJH-Cl

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chlorinationelectronic wasteflash Joule heatingrare earth element separation

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PMID41021798
PMCPMC12519230

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