From waste to green applications: the use of recovered gold and palladium in catalysis
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Author(s)
McCarthy, S
Lee Wei Jie, A
Braddock, D
Serpe, A
Wilton-Ely, J
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The direct use in catalysis of precious metal recovery products from industrial and consumer waste is a very promising recent area of investigation. It represents a more sustainable, environmentally benign, and profitable way of managing the low abundance of precious metals, as well as encouraging new ways of exploiting their catalytic properties. This review demonstrates the feasibility and sustainability of this innovative approach, inspired by circular economy models, and aims to stimulate further research and industrial processes based on the valorisation of secondary resources of these raw materials. The overview of the use of recovered gold and palladium in catalytic processes will be complemented by critical appraisal of the recovery and reuse approaches that have been proposed.
Date Issued
2021-08-28
Date Acceptance
2021-08-26
ISSN
1420-3049
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
Molecules
Volume
26
Issue
17
Copyright Statement
© 2021 by the authors.Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.This article is an open access articledistributed under the terms andconditions of the Creative CommonsAttribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Sponsor
Imperial College London
Grant Number
European Partners Fund
Subjects
Organic Chemistry
0304 Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry
0305 Organic Chemistry
0307 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 5217
Date Publish Online
2021-08-28