Issue 4, 2015

Bio-derived materials as a green route for precious & critical metal recovery and re-use

Abstract

To meet the global challenges of elemental sustainability a holistic approach to the extraction, use and recovery of precious and critical metals must be developed. Biosorption is a key technology for the benign recovery of diffuse elements from liquid effluents and hydrometallurgy processes. There is the opportunity to go beyond the remediation of heavy metals and pollutants, by utilising biosorption within a circular economy approach for the cycling of precious and critical metals in higher-value applications. This review provides an overview of the current research in the area of critical and precious metals recovery using biosorption, its application to real-life wastes and the potential uses for these metal-loaded materials for catalysis or functional materials.

Graphical abstract: Bio-derived materials as a green route for precious & critical metal recovery and re-use

Article information

Article type
Critical Review
Submitted
19 Dec 2014
Accepted
19 Jan 2015
First published
19 Jan 2015

Green Chem., 2015,17, 1951-1965

Author version available

Bio-derived materials as a green route for precious & critical metal recovery and re-use

J. R. Dodson, H. L. Parker, A. Muñoz García, A. Hicken, K. Asemave, T. J. Farmer, H. He, J. H. Clark and A. J. Hunt, Green Chem., 2015, 17, 1951 DOI: 10.1039/C4GC02483D

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