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Published: Apr 01, 2026
Vol/Issue: 404
Pages: 129258
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Muhammad Zakria Tariq

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Animesh Roy

Assistant Professor, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow, India

Future Convergence Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, Cheonan, South Korea

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National Research Foundation of Korea

Ministry of Education Award: 2018R1A6A1A03025526

Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea Award: RS-2025\u201300556087

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Muhammad Zakria Tariq, Animesh Roy, Byungki Kim, et al. (2026). Repurposing spent battery waste into plasmonic photothermal membrane for efficient solar-driven evaporation and freshwater production. Journal of Environmental Management, 404, 129258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129258

Repurposing spent battery waste into plasmonic photothermal membrane for efficient solar-driven evaporation and freshwater production

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