Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 1267(2025)
Research Progress on Recycling and Resource Application of Retired Wind Turbine Blades
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DUAN Zhenhua, ZHANG Wei, ZHU Zeping, XIA Huiyu, LU Chunji, WANG Baolong, WU Yuqing. Research Progress on Recycling and Resource Application of Retired Wind Turbine Blades[J]. Bulletin of the Chinese Ceramic Society, 2025, 44(4): 1267
Received: Nov. 12, 2024
Accepted: May. 26, 2025
Published Online: May. 26, 2025
The Author Email: WU Yuqing (ycwu@tongji.edu.cn)