A Lysine-Modified Polyethersulfone (PES) Membrane for the Recovery of Lanthanides.

ABSTRACT: Rare-earth elements (which include all lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium) play a key role in many fields including oil refining, metallurgy, electronics manufacturing, and other high-technology applications. Although the available lanthanide resources are enough for current levels of manufacturing, increased future demand for lanthanides will require new, efficient recovery methods to provide a sustainable supply. Membrane adsorbers are promising separation materials to recover lanthanides from high volumes of wastewater due to their tailorable surface chemistry, high binding capacity and high throughput. In this work, membrane adsorbers were synthesized by first using ultraviolet-initiated free radical polymerization to graft a poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (p-GMA) layer to the surface of

SUBMITTER: Yu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311803 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature