Citation: | WANG Ji-rui, YANG Da-hai, XU Yi-jian, HOU Xiang-long, EDISON Huixiang Ang, WANG De-zhao, ZHANG Le, ZHU Zhen-dong, FENG Xu-yong, SONG Xiao-hui, XIANG Hong-fa. Recent developments and the future of the recycling of spent graphite for energy storage applications. New Carbon Mater., 2023, 38(5): 787-803. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5805(23)60777-2 |
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