Materials & Energyarticle2026-09-14

Solar-evaporation crystallization for critical mineral recovery: from property-guided selectivity to scalable extraction

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Abstract

First-principles-guided solar-evaporation crystallization harnesses the unique properties of minerals, enabling selective, efficient, and scalable critical mineral recovery.

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Authors: Hongxu Chen, Zhiyong Jason Ren

Institutions: Princeton University