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Overview

Wei Sun is a researcher affiliated with Central South University in China. Their work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a notable focus on subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research encompasses several main topics including minerals flotation and separation techniques, extraction and separation processes, metal extraction and bioleaching, advancements in battery materials, iron oxide chemistry and applications, recycling and waste management techniques, and advanced ceramic materials synthesis.

Wei Sun's recent publications illustrate the scope and focus areas of their research. Among these are:

  • On the sustainability of lithium ion battery industry - A review and perspective, 2020, Energy storage materials
  • Solvent extraction for recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Dealkalization processes of bauxite residue: A comprehensive review, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Regeneration of LiFePO4 from spent lithium-ion batteries via a facile process featuring acid leaching and hydrothermal synthesis, 2021, Green Chemistry
  • Froth flotation of fluorite: A review, 2021, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Wei Sun frequently collaborates with several researchers, with numerous joint publications. Some frequent coauthors are:

  • Yue Yang
  • Li Wang
  • Chenyang Zhang
  • Zhiyong Gao
  • Honghu Tang

The researcher's work has been published extensively in a number of scientific venues. Notable publication venues include:

  • Minerals Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Minerals
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Best Publications

  • On the sustainability of lithium ion battery industry – A review and perspective

    Yue Yang;Emenike G. Okonkwo;Emenike G. Okonkwo;Guoyong Huang;Shengming Xu

  • A review on in situ phytoremediation of mine tailings.

    Li Wang;Bin Ji;Yuehua Hu;Runqing Liu

  • Systematic review of lithium extraction from salt-lake brines via precipitation approaches

    Ye Zhang;Yuehua Hu;Li Wang;Wei Sun

  • Membrane technologies for Li+/Mg2+ separation from salt-lake brines and seawater: A comprehensive review

    Ye Zhang;Li Wang;Wei Sun;Yuehua Hu

  • A process for combination of recycling lithium and regenerating graphite from spent lithium-ion battery.

    Yue Yang;Shaole Song;Shuya Lei;Wei Sun

  • Adsorption of a novel reagent scheme on scheelite and calcite causing an effective flotation separation.

    Yuesheng Gao;Zhiyong Gao;Wei Sun;Zhigang Yin

  • Solvent extraction for recycling of spent lithium-ion batteries.

    Shuya Lei;Wei Sun;Yue Yang

  • Selective flotation of scheelite from calcite and fluorite using a collector mixture

    Zhiyong Gao;Ding Bai;Wei Sun;Xuefeng Cao

  • Adsorption mechanism of mixed anionic/cationic collectors in Muscovite – Quartz flotation system

    Li Wang;Wei Sun;Yue-Hua Hu;Long-Hua Xu

  • Fatty acid flotation versus BHA flotation of tungsten minerals and their performance in flotation practice

    Haisheng Han;Yuehua Hu;Wei Sun;Xiaodong Li

  • Dealkalization processes of bauxite residue: A comprehensive review

    Fei Lyu;Yuehua Hu;Li Wang;Wei Sun

  • Anisotropic surface energies and adsorption behaviors of scheelite crystal

    Yuehua Hu;Zhiyong Gao;Wei Sun;Xiaowen Liu

  • Regeneration of LiFePO4 from spent lithium-ion batteries via a facile process featuring acid leaching and hydrothermal synthesis

    Yifan Song;Boyi Xie;Shaole Song;Shuya Lei

  • Lithium extraction from water lithium resources through green electrochemical-battery approaches: A comprehensive review

    Ye Zhang;Wei Sun;Rui Xu;Li Wang

  • Stepwise recycling of valuable metals from Ni-rich cathode material of spent lithium-ion batteries.

    Yue Yang;Shuya Lei;Shaole Song;Wei Sun

  • A green and facile approach for regeneration of graphite from spent lithium ion battery

    Chenxing Yi;Yue Yang;Tao Zhang;Tao Zhang;Xiqing Wu

  • New insights into the dodecylamine adsorption on scheelite and calcite: An adsorption model

    Zhiyong Gao;Wei Sun;Yuehua Hu

  • Selective flotation of scheelite from calcite: A novel reagent scheme

    Yuesheng Gao;Zhiyong Gao;Wei Sun;Yuehua Hu

  • Electrochemistry of Flotation of Sulphide Minerals

    Yuehua Hu;Wei Sun;Dianzuo Wang

  • Activation mechanism of Fe (III) ions in cassiterite flotation with benzohydroxamic acid collector

    Mengjie Tian;Runqing Liu;Zhiyong Gao;Pan Chen

  • Selective adsorption of tannic acid on calcite and implications for separation of fluorite minerals.

    Chenhu Zhang;Sun Wei;Yuehua Hu;Honghu Tang

  • Heteroatom-doped carbon inlaid with Sb2X3 (X = S, Se) nanodots for high-performance potassium-ion batteries

    Li Yang;Li Yang;Wanwan Hong;Ye Tian;Guoqiang Zou

  • A novel approach for flotation recovery of spodumene, mica and feldspar from a lithium pegmatite ore

    Jia Tian;Longhua Xu;Longhua Xu;Houqin Wu;Shuai Fang

  • Effect of Pb 2+ ions on ilmenite flotation and adsorption of benzohydroxamic acid as a collector

    Longhua Xu;Longhua Xu;Jia Tian;Houqin Wu;Zhongyuan Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuehua Hu
Yuehua Hu Central South University
Xiang Xiong
Xiang Xiong Central South University
Xiaobo Ji
Xiaobo Ji Central South University
Hongshuai Hou
Hongshuai Hou Central South University
Anh V. Nguyen
Anh V. Nguyen University of Queensland
Rui Xu
Rui Xu BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics
Wenqing Qin
Wenqing Qin Central South University
Zhenghe Xu
Zhenghe Xu University of Alberta
Guoqiang Zou
Guoqiang Zou Central South University
Hongbo Zeng
Hongbo Zeng University of Alberta

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