从电子废物中回收黄金,使用食品废物粉样蛋白气凝
Mohammad Peydayesh1, Enrico Boschi1,2,3, Felix Donat4
1Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8092, Switzerland.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
|January 23, 2024
概括
研究人员从乳清中开发了蛋白质粉样蛋白纳米纤维气凝,以有效地从电子垃圾中回收黄金. 这种新的方法提供了一种可持续且具有成本效益的解决方案,用于从电子废物中提取贵重金属.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生物技术是生物技术.
背景情况:
- 由于在技术上广泛使用,电子废物 (电子废物) 中对黄金回收的需求日益增加.
- 目前的黄金回收方法资源密集,推动了对高效的开采材料的需求.
- 乳清是乳制品行业的一种侧流,为新材料开发提供了一个未充分利用的来源.
研究的目的:
- 研究从乳清中提取的蛋白粉样蛋白纳米纤维 (AF) 作为一种用于从电子废物中回收黄金的新型吸附剂.
- 评估AF气凝的黄金吸附能力和选择性.
- 评估AF气凝作为黄金结晶和回收的模板的潜力.
主要方法:
- 从乳清蛋白制备AF气凝.
- 评估黄金吸附能力和选择性与电子废物溶液中的其他金属相比.
- 使用AF气凝作为金离子转化成晶片的模板.
- 从回收的金块中分析黄金的纯度和组成.
- 进行生命周期评估和技术经济分析.
主要成果:
- AF气凝具有显著的黄金吸附能力 (166.7 mg g-1) 和高选择性.
- AF气凝有效地模拟了黄金离子在111平面沿着单晶片的生长.
- 从电子废物溶液中回收高纯度金块 (≈90.8%重量%的黄金,21-22克拉).
- 生命周期和技术经济分析证实了该过程的环境和经济可行性.
结论:
- 来自食品侧流的蛋白质纳米纤维气凝是一种有希望的,可持续的吸附剂,用于从电子废物中回收黄金.
- 与传统技术相比,开发的方法提供了一个环保和经济可行的方法.
- 这项创新有助于循环经济原则,通过利用废物流来提取有价值的金属.
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