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Urban mining by flash Joule heating

Authors :
Bing Deng
Duy Xuan Luong
Zhe Wang
Carter Kittrell
Emily A. McHugh
James M. Tour
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Precious metals recovery from electronics wastes, termed urban mining, is significant for a circular economy. Here, the authors reported a solvent-free and ultrafast process based on flash Joule heating to recover precious metals and remove toxic heavy metals in electronic wastes.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b78e3056f9484e3a8be442f99fb7a9d3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26038-9