Abstract
Biosorption is a promising technology not only for the removal of heavy metals and dyes but also for the recovery of precious metals (PMs) from solution phases. The biosorptive recovery of PMs from waste solutions and secondary resources is recently getting paid attractive attention because their price is increasing or fluctuating, their available deposit is limited and maldistributed, and high-tech industries need more consumption of PMs. The biosorbents for recovery of PMs require specifications which differ from those for the treatment of wastewaters containing heavy metals and dyes. In this review, the previous works on biosorbents and biosorption for recovery of PMs were summarized. Especially, we discuss and suggest the required specifications of biosorbents for recovery of PMs and strategies to give the required properties to the biosorbents. We believe this review will provide useful information to scientists and engineers and hope to give insights into this research frontier.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 203-212 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Bioresource Technology |
| Volume | 160 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014.05 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Keywords
- Biosorbent
- Biosorption
- Precious metal
- Recovery
- Strategy
Quacquarelli Symonds(QS) Subject Topics
- Environmental Sciences
- Engineering - Electrical & Electronic
- Engineering - Chemical
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