Nicolas Schaeffer

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  • 29.1.37

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Bernardo Bengui

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Bruna Ferreira

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Felipe Olea Chandía

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Inês C. M. Vaz

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João Pedro Dias Pinto

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Maísa Saldanha Pinheiro

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Michele D’Amico

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Rodrigo Colhe

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Projects

Hydrophobic Eutectic Solvents for Tailored Metal Separation and Recycling (DESignSX)

CoordinatorEuropean Comission
Sustainable metallurgy is environmentally sound and allows reclaiming metal value from end-of-life devices, thereby closing the resource loop. However, the separation of lanthanides (Ln) poses challenges due to their subtle property variations, which affect their recycling economics despite growing demand. In this context, the ERC-funded DESignS...

Materiais renováveis obtidos a partir da biomassa para as tecnologias de armazenamento e conversão de energia eletroquímica (BioEESC)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
BioEESC aims to develop highly cost-effective, safe, sodium solid-state battery and PEMFCs from biomass for energy storage and conversion applications. Novel class of green polymer electrolytes will be developed by a team with expertise in ionic conductors, polymers synthesis, recovery and purification of biopolymers and pigments from b...

REcycling of low Value components using high purity pre-treatment, dIrecT recycling And green hydrometallurgical approaches for recycling of Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion BatteriEs (REVITALISE)

PartnerEuropean Comission
As the need for effective battery waste management grows, NMC, LFP and Na-ion batteries contribute significantly to this challenge, accounting for 85 % of the problem. Traditional recycling methods prove inadequate, lacking efficiency and eco-friendliness. That's where the EU-funded REVITALISE project comes in, with an innovative solution. Utili...

REcycling of low Value components using high purity pre-treatment, dIrecT recycling And green hydrometallurgical approaches for recycling of Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion BatteriEs (REVITALISE)

PartnerEuropean Comission
As the need for effective battery waste management grows, NMC, LFP and Na-ion batteries contribute significantly to this challenge, accounting for 85 % of the problem. Traditional recycling methods prove inadequate, lacking efficiency and eco-friendliness. That's where the EU-funded REVITALISE project comes in, with an innovative solution. Utili...

Green Plastic recycling: Additives removal THrough renewable solvents to enhancing the enzymatic depolymerization (GreenPATH)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
GreenPATH aims to develop a sustainable pretreatment process that combines high-pressure solid-liquid extraction (HP-SLE) with low-cost, renewable solvents, namely biosolvents and deep eutectic solvents (DES), to extract the additives in a key step prior to enzymatic depolymerization. The focus of this initiative is on the removal of organic and...

NGS - New Generation Storage (NGS (WP1-BPE23 Li REGENERATION CYCLE))

PartnerIndustry National
The New Generation Storage (NGS) Innovation Pact is completely aligned with the European Union's energy transition strategy until 2040, and the challenge for the complete electrification of mobility by 2035. Based on a model structured in 8 Work Packages that cover the entire value chain of component production, battery packs and recycling,...

NGS - New Generation Storage (NGS (WP5-BP24 BATTERY CATHODE RECYCLING))

PartnerIndustry National
The New Generation Storage (NGS) Innovation Pact is completely aligned with the European Union's energy transition strategy until 2040, and the challenge for the complete electrification of mobility by 2035. Based on a model structured in 8 Work Packages that cover the entire value chain of component production, battery packs and recycling,...

Recovery and separation of platinum group metals and rare earth elements from spent automotive catalytic converters (PlatILPlus)

PartnerFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
PlatILPlus is an FCT-funded research project that aims to develop eco-friendly yet readily applicable methodologies for the valorization of Spent Automotive Catalytic Converters (SACC) through hydrometallurgical processes. The project focuses on the recovery and separation of Platinum Group Metals (PGM) and Rare Earth Elements (REE) to reduce en...

Publications

Copper Dissolution from Sulfide Ore with Deep Eutectic Solvents Based on Choline Chloride

Hernández, PC; Muñoz, VM; Jiménez, YP; Coutinho, JAP; Schaeffer, N; Cortés, S; Cerda, A; Estay, H
2025, MINERALS, 15, 11.

Recovery of platinum from spent automotive catalytic converters by leaching with aluminium-based salts solutions

Braga, FN; Coelho, A; Carreira, ARF; Sosa, FHB; Schaeffer, N; Passos, H; Coutinho, JAP
2025, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 376.

Electrochemically-assisted leaching of active cathode materials from spent batteries with minimal pre-treatment using hydroxylated solvents☆

Bastos, H; Schaeffer, N; Pringle, JM; Eftekharnia, M; Coutinho, JAP; Pozo-Gonzalo, C
2025, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 364.

Improved rare earth element recycling using a sustainable diglycolamide-based hydrophobic eutectic solvent

Bernicot, B; Arrachart, G; Dourdain, S; Schaeffer, N; Dias, AC; Pellet-Rostaing, S
2025, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 27, 35, 10851-10864.

Examining the potential of type V DESs for the solvent extraction of metal ions

Schaeffer, N; Vaz, ICM; Pinheiro, MS; Olea, F; Hanada, T; Dourdain, S; Coutinho, JAP
2025, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 27, 17, 4438-4463.

Design and characterization of novel hydrophobic eutectic solvents based on metal-extracting ligands

Bernicot, B.; Arrachart, G.; Dourdain, S.; Schaeffer, N.; Teixeira, G.; Pellet-Rostaing, S.
2025, Journal of Molecular Liquids.

Self-Associated Engineering in P123 Micelles Rationalizing the Role of Other Pluronics with Varying Hydrophilicity as a Mixed System

Tripathi, N; Pérez-Sánchez, G; Schaeffer, N; Ray, D; Aswal, VK; Kuperkar, K; Coutinho, JAP; Bahadur, P
2025, LANGMUIR, 41, 15, 9967-9988.

Repurposing Kraft black Liquor as Reductant for Enhanced Lithium-Ion Battery Leaching

Carreira, ARF; Nogueira, AFM; Rocha, ILD; Sosa, F; Lopes, AMD; Passos, H; Schaeffer, N; Coutinho, JAP
2024, CHEMSUSCHEM, 17, 12.
ISBN: 1864-564X

Improved separation of rare earth elements using hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: liquid-liquid extraction to selective dissolution

Hanada, T; Schaeffer, N; Katoh, M; Coutinho, JAP; Goto, M
2024, GREEN CHEMISTRY, 26, 18.
ISBN: 1463-9270

Ionic polymer absorbents inspired by deep eutectic solvents to recover cobalt and nickel

Bastos, H; Gallastegui, A; de Lacalle, JL; Schaeffer, N; Pringle, JM; Mecerreyes, D; Pozo-Gonzalo, C
2024, NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY, 48, 33, 14672-14683.
ISBN: 1369-9261

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