About the Authors

Tangjian Peng

Affiliation School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

Liyuan Ma

Affiliation School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

Xue Feng

Affiliation School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

Jiemeng Tao

Affiliation School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

Meihua Nan

Affiliation School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

Yuandong Liu

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China

Jiaokun Li

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, China

Li Shen

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China

Xueling Wu

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China

Runlan Yu

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China

Xueduan Liu

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China

Guanzhou Qiu

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China

Weimin Zeng

zengweimin1024@sina.com

Affiliations School of Minerals Processing and Bioengineering, Central South University, Changsha, China, Key Laboratory of Biometallurgy, Ministry of Education, Central South University, Changsha, China, CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TP WZ GQ. Data curation: TP JL LS XW YL. Formal analysis: TP JL LS XW YL. Funding acquisition: WZ GQ. Investigation: TP LM XF JT MN. Project administration: XL WZ GQ. Software: TP. Supervision: RY WZ XL. Validation: TP. Visualization: TP. Writing – original draft: TP. Writing – review & editing: WZ GQ RY XL.