Technology-Critical Metals/Minerals
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
We are excited to announce an upcoming topical collection in npj Materials Sustainability dedicated to "Technology-Critical Metals/Minerals." This collection is designed to explore and address the multifaceted challenges and opportunities in the field of materials sustainability, focusing specifically on critical metals and minerals essential for technological applications. By featuring a broad spectrum of research topics, we aim to highlight advancements and innovative approaches that can significantly enhance the sustainability and efficiency of critical materials used in various high-tech industries.
This collection will encompass a diverse range of topics, inviting contributions that span various areas of interest:
- Recycling and circular economy of critical minerals in batteries, electronics, and other clean energy products
- Technoeconomic, life cycle, and environmental assessment of extractive, processing, manufacturing, and recycling technologies for critical minerals
- Sustainable critical minerals extraction technologies
- Design of advanced materials for improved performance and sustainability of batteries, electronics, and other clean energy products
- Use of artificial intelligence and/or machine learning approaches to design and optimize sustainable processes for critical mineral extraction, processing, manufacturing, and recycling
We encourage submissions that offer novel insights, employ rigorous methodologies, and contribute to advancing our understanding of sustainable materials development.
Editors
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Daniel S. Alessi, PhD
Professor, University of Alberta, Canada
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Dan Tsang, PhD
Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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Yuanzhi Tang, PhD
Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
The Collection will publish original research Articles, Reviews, Perspectives and Comments (full details on content types can be found here). Papers will be published in npj Materials Sustainability as soon as they are accepted and then collected together and promoted on the Collection homepage. All Guest Edited Collections are associated with a call for papers and are managed by one or more of our Editorial Board Members and the journal's Editors.
This Collection welcomes submissions from all authors – and not by invitation only – on the condition that the manuscripts fall within the scope of the Collection and of npj Materials Sustainability more generally. See our editorial process page for more details.
All submissions are subject to the same peer review process and editorial standards as regular npj Materials Sustainability articles, including the journal’s policy on competing interests. The Editor has no competing interests with the submissions, which they handle through the peer-review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editor has competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests. See our Collections guidelines for more details.
This Collection is not supported by sponsorship.
