Alessandra Zanoletti

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Alessandra Zanoletti is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Alessandra Zanoletti has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 15 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Alessandra Zanoletti's work include Extraction and Separation Processes (16 papers), Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (14 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers). Alessandra Zanoletti is often cited by papers focused on Extraction and Separation Processes (16 papers), Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production (14 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (14 papers). Alessandra Zanoletti collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Portugal and Egypt. Alessandra Zanoletti's co-authors include Elza Bontempi, Laura E. Depero, Antonella Cornelio, Fabjola Bilo, Annalisa Zacco, Stefania Federici, Ahmad Assi, Chiara Ferrara, Andrea Valsesia and Jessica Ponti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Alessandra Zanoletti

52 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Review of Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling: Technologies, Sustainability, and Open Issues

2024 104 citations Alessandra Zanoletti, Elza Bontempi et al. profile →
Recent progress in pyrometallurgy for the recovery of spent lithium-ion batteries: A review of state-of-the-art developments

2024 84 citations Antonella Cornelio, Alessandra Zanoletti et al. profile →

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Melanie Sattler United States

Hirofumi Sakanakura Japan

Ji Whan Ahn South Korea

Thriveni Thenepalli South Korea

Changbo Zhou China

Xiuchen Qiao China

Yong‐Chil Seo South Korea

Maria Letizia Ruello Italy

Yuanjun Tang China

Wei Ping Chan Singapore

Melanie Sattler United States

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Zanoletti, Alessandra, et al.. (2025). Sample preparation procedures for elemental analysis of critical raw materials in lithium-ion battery black mass: Challenges responding to the supplementary battery recycling regulation. Journal of Environmental Management. 380. 124973–124973. 2 indexed citations

Zanoletti, Alessandra, et al.. (2025). Recent improvements in salt-assisted and microwave-assisted recovery methods for sustainable metal extraction from NCM cathodes in spent lithium-ion batteries: a review. Separation and Purification Technology. 363. 131918–131918. 5 indexed citations

Cornelio, Antonella, Alessandra Zanoletti, Roberto Fiorenza, et al.. (2025). Performance and structural evolution of a new critical raw material-free catalyst, synthesized from spent lithium-ion batteries, for solar-driven CO ₂ conversion. Green Chemistry. 27(34). 10132–10144. 1 indexed citations

Zanoletti, Alessandra, et al.. (2025). Integrating traditional and innovative monitoring approaches to monitor the marine biodiversity in the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean sea). Marine Environmental Research. 208. 107160–107160.

Mannu, Alberto, Maria Enrica Di Pietro, C. Ferrario, et al.. (2025). Selective and sustainable recovery of lithium from black mass via microwave and green leaching techniques. Materials Science and Engineering B. 323. 118734–118734.

Zanoletti, Alessandra, et al.. (2025). Accelerated carbonation of municipal waste fly ash for carbon sequestration: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 23(6). 1661–1687.

Massa, Mark S., Alessandra Zanoletti, Silvana De Iuliis, et al.. (2025). Determination of lithium concentration in black mass using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy hand-held instrumentation. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 17483–17483. 1 indexed citations

Cornelio, Antonella, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the sustainability of a pilot-scale spent lithium-ion battery recycling process. Separation and Purification Technology. 359. 130433–130433. 6 indexed citations

Cornelio, Antonella, M. Scaglia, Alessandra Zanoletti, et al.. (2024). Recovery of NMC-lithium battery black mass by microwave heating processes. Energy storage materials. 72. 103703–103703. 20 indexed citations

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Zanoletti, Alessandra, Mark S. Massa, Laura E. Depero, & Elza Bontempi. (2024). The power law of resource abundance and their corresponding extraction: Evidence to be accounted in the frame of the critical raw materials initiatives for the energy transition. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 72. 104022–104022. 4 indexed citations

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Bettinetti, Roberta, Damiano Monticelli, Cristina Corti, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of the Adriatic Sea pollution using mesozooplankton as an environmental indicator. Chemosphere. 366. 143553–143553. 2 indexed citations

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Cornelio, Antonella, et al.. (2024). Thermal approaches based on microwaves to recover lithium from spent lithium-ion batteries. RSC Sustainability. 2(9). 2505–2514. 13 indexed citations

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Guimarães, Renato Fontes, et al.. (2024). Mitigating CO2 emissions through an industrial symbiosis approach: Leveraging cork ash carbonation. Heliyon. 10(12). e32893–e32893. 5 indexed citations

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Verma, Ankit, Alessandra Zanoletti, Kola Yusuff Kareem, et al.. (2023). Skin protection from solar ultraviolet radiation using natural compounds: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters. 22(1). 273–295. 37 indexed citations

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Fahimi, Ario, Alessandra Zanoletti, Antonella Cornelio, et al.. (2022). Sustainability Analysis of Processes to Recycle Discharged Lithium-Ion Batteries, Based on the ESCAPE Approach. Materials. 15(23). 8527–8527. 12 indexed citations

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Fahimi, Ario, Alessandra Zanoletti, Bruno Valentim, et al.. (2021). Phosphorous and Silica Recovery from Rice Husk Poultry Litter Ash: A Sustainability Analysis Using a Zero-Waste Approach. Materials. 14(21). 6297–6297. 7 indexed citations

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Cornelio, Antonella, Alessandra Zanoletti, Roberto Braga, Laura E. Depero, & Elza Bontempi. (2021). The Reuse of Industrial By-Products for the Synthesis of Innovative Porous Materials, with the Aim to Improve Urban Air Quality. Applied Sciences. 11(15). 6798–6798. 2 indexed citations

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Assi, Ahmad, Fabjola Bilo, Alessandra Zanoletti, et al.. (2020). Review of the Reuse Possibilities Concerning Ash Residues from Thermal Process in a Medium-Sized Urban System in Northern Italy. Sustainability. 12(10). 4193–4193. 28 indexed citations

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Fahimi, Ario, Alessandra Zanoletti, Stefania Federici, et al.. (2020). New Eco-Materials Derived from Waste for Emerging Pollutants Adsorption: The Case of Diclofenac. Materials. 13(18). 3964–3964. 16 indexed citations

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Zanoletti, Alessandra, Fabjola Bilo, Laura E. Depero, Dario Zappa, & Elza Bontempi. (2018). The first sustainable material designed for air particulate matter capture: An introduction to Azure Chemistry. Journal of Environmental Management. 218. 355–362. 34 indexed citations

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