Comprehensive process for the recovery of value and critical materials from electronic waste

Diaz, Luis A.; Lister, Tedd E.; Parkman, Jacob A.; Clark, Gemma G.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.061

Title: Comprehensive process for the recovery of value and critical materials from electronic waste

Journal Article · Fri Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Cleaner Production

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.061· OSTI ID:1357503

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Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Biological and Chemical Processing Dept.

The development of technologies that contribute to the proper disposal and treatment of electronic waste is not just an environmental need, but an opportunity for the recovery and recycle of valuable metals and critical materials. Value elements in electronic waste include gold, palladium, silver, copper, nickel, and rare earth elements (RE). Here, we present the development of a process that enables efficient recycling of metals from scrap mobile electronics. An electro recycling (ER) process, based on the regeneration of Fe³⁺ as a weak oxidizer, is studied for the selective recovery of base metals while leaving precious metals for separate extraction at reduced chemical demand. A separate process recovers rare earth oxides from magnets in electronics. Furthermore, recovery and extraction efficiencies ca. 90 % were obtained for the extraction of base metals from the non-ferromagnetic fraction in the two different solution matrices tested (H₂SO₄, and HCl). The effect of the pre-extraction of base metals in the increase of precious metals extraction efficiency was verified. On the other hand, the extraction of rare earths from the ferromagnetic fraction, performed by means of anaerobic extraction in acid media, was assessed for the selective recovery of rare earths. We developed a comprehensive flow sheet to process electronic waste to value products.

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Research Organization:: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC07-05ID14517

OSTI ID:: 1357503

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1341153

Report Number(s):: INL/JOU-15-36947; PII: S0959652616301299

Journal Information:: Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 125, Issue C; ISSN 0959-6526

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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