Neodymium Recovery from the Aqueous Phase Using a Residual Material from Saccharified Banana-Rachis/Polyethylene-Glycol.

ABSTRACT: Neodymium (Nd) is a key rare earth element (REE) needed for the future of incoming technologies including road transport and power generation. Hereby, a sustainable adsorbent material for recovering Nd from the aqueous phase using a residue from the saccharification process is presented. Banana rachis (BR) was treated with cellulases and polyethylene glycol (PEG) to produce fermentable sugars prior to applying the final residue (BR-PEG) as an adsorbent material. BR-PEG was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), compositional analysis, pH of zero charge (pH_pzc), Fourier transform infrared analysis (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). A surface response experimental design was used for obtaining the optimized adsorption conditions in terms of the pH of the aq

SUBMITTER: Lapo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10096945 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature