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ArticleNature communications2026

A molten salt metal-air electrolyzer for recycling superalloy.

Xiang Chen, Shiyu Wang, Beilei Zhang, Yanyang Guo, Zishuai Hu, Xin Qu, Mengyi Tang, Lei Guo, Kaifa Du, Yuan Sun and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. 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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Authors and funding

12 authors.

Xiang ChenSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Shiyu WangSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Beilei ZhangSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yanyang GuoSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Zishuai HuSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Xin QuSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Mengyi TangSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Lei GuoSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Kaifa DuSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yuan SunInstitute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenyang, China.
Dihua WangSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. wangdh@whu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2364-8718
Huayi YinSchool of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. yinhuayi@whu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1765-496X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52031008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recovering critical strategic metals from superalloy scraps is indispensable to sustaining the materials supply chain. However, the excellent physicochemical properties of superalloy make them difficult to dissolve and separate, thereby hindering their recycling and reutilization. Here, we design a molten salt metal-air electrolyzer (MMAE) that synergistically oxidizes and pulverizes scraps, which generates oxide powders that can be easily dissolved and separated for all element recovery. The corrosivity of molten chloride and electrochemical polarization can convert scraps at the anode into soluble metal chlorides, while oxygen is reduced to O

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