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  • Valorization of wastewater sludge into carbon materials for energy storage applications: feasibility and economic assessment

  • Saehee Leea, Chanwoo Kima, Uijun Leeb, Hyeonmin Joa, Hee-Dae Lima,b,* and Byoung-In Sanga,c,*

  • aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
    bDepartment of Battery Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
    cClean-Energy Research Institute, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong- gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea

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This Article

  • 2025; 26(4): 606-617

    Published on Aug 31, 2025

  • 10.36410/jcpr.2025.26.4.606
  • Received on May 26, 2025
  • Revised on Jun 10, 2025
  • Accepted on Jun 11, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Hee-Dae Lim a,b and Byoung-In Sang a,c

  • aDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
    bDepartment of Battery Engineering, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong-gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
    cClean-Energy Research Institute, Hanyang University, 222 Wangsimni-ro, Seongdong- gu, Seoul 04763, Republic of Korea
    Tel. +82-2-2220-0531(Hee-Dae Lim), Tel. +82-2-2220-2328(Byoung-In Sang)

  • E-mail: hdlim@hanyang.ac.kr, biosang@hanyang.ac.kr