Current nature-based biological practices for rare earth elements extraction and recovery: Bioleaching and biosorption

RM Brown, A Mirkouei, D Reed, V Thompson - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
There is a growing demand for advancing products and renewable technologies worldwide
that rely on rare earth elements (REEs), including those directly necessary for a low-carbon …

Sustainable and efficient technologies for removal and recovery of toxic and valuable metals from wastewater: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

A Abidli, Y Huang, ZB Rejeb, A Zaoui, CB Park - Chemosphere, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Due to their numerous effects on human health and the natural environment, water
contamination with heavy metals and metalloids, caused by their extensive use in various …

Microbiologically influenced corrosion and current mitigation strategies: A state of the art review

R Jia, T Unsal, D Xu, Y Lekbach, T Gu - International biodeterioration & …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
In nature, microbes tend to form synergistic biofilms on a wide range of materials using
extracellular polymeric substances to embed sessile cells. Problematic biofilms provide …

Lithium bioleaching: An emerging approach for the recovery of Li from spent lithium ion batteries

P Moazzam, Y Boroumand, P Rabiei… - Chemosphere, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The rapidly growing demand for lithium has resulted in a sharp increase in its price. This is
due to the ubiquitous use of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in large-scale energy and …

An overview of removing heavy metals from sewage sludge: Achievements and perspectives

H Geng, Y Xu, L Zheng, H Gong, L Dai, X Dai - Environmental Pollution, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The removal of heavy metals from sewage sludge (SS) is attracting increasing attention
because the presence of toxic heavy metals in SS restricts its reuse or disposal, especially …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in emerging integrated antifouling and anticorrosion coatings

H **, J Wang, L Tian, M Gao, J Zhao, L Ren - Materials & Design, 2022‏ - Elsevier
With the rapid development of the marine industry, biofouling and surface corrosion of
underwater equipment have become a major issue. Traditional antifouling or anticorrosion …

Bioleaching approach for extraction of metal values from secondary solid wastes: a critical review

H Srichandan, RK Mohapatra, PK Parhi, S Mishra - Hydrometallurgy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Bioleaching (microbial leaching), being an economical and environmental friendly process,
is investigated extensively for metal extraction from secondary solid wastes, viz., electronic …

Bioleaching of metals from e-waste using microorganisms: a review

AI Adetunji, PJ Oberholster, M Erasmus - Minerals, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
The rapid and improper disposal of electronic waste (e-waste) has become an issue of great
concern, resulting in serious threats to the environment and public health. In addition, e …

Bioleaching for environmental remediation of toxic metals and metalloids: A review on soils, sediments, and mine tailings

TH Nguyen, S Won, MG Ha, DD Nguyen, HY Kang - Chemosphere, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Owing to industrial evolution, a huge mass of toxic metals, including Co, Cu, Cr, Mn, Ni, Pb,
and Zn, and metalloids, such as As and Sb, has inevitably been released into the natural …

A critical review of bioleaching of rare earth elements: The mechanisms and effect of process parameters

P Rasoulnia, R Barthen… - Critical reviews in …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Rare earth elements (REEs) are important high-tech materials with widespread industrial
applications and a high risk of supply disruption. Current physico-chemical methods for REE …