Recovery of industrial valuable metals from household battery waste

Ebin, Burçak; Petraniková, Martina; Steenari, Britt‐Marie; Ekberg, Christian

doi:10.1177/0734242x18815966

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“…Other papers presented in the SDEWES SIs concerning this topic were: the recovery of valuable industrial metals from household battery waste [76], the optimal operating strategy of a trigeneration layout for an engine manufacturing facility [77], the exergy-energy analysis of geothermal energy-assisted milk powder production line [78], the waste-heat recovery for low-temperature applications in an electric steelmaking industry [79].…”

Section: Energy Efficiency In Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward an Efficient and Sustainable Use of Energy in Industries and Cities

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Several countries have recently realized that the present development paradigm is not sustainable from an environmental and energy point of view. The growing awareness of the population regarding environmental issues is pushing governments worldwide more and more to promote policies aiming at limiting harmful effects of human development. In particular, the rapid increase of the global temperature, especially in the polar regions, and the management of human wastes, mainly plastic in seas, are some of the main points to be addressed by these novel policies. Several actions must be implemented in order to limit such issues. Unfortunately, the recent COP 24 Conference was not successful, but hopefully an agreement will be established in 2020 at the COP 26 Conference. The effort performed by policymakers must be mandatorily supported by the scientific community. In this framework, this paper aims at showing that countries worldwide are trying to negotiate an agreement to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In addition, in this paper all the researchers reported can provide quantitative measures of the actions to be implemented in order to address a sustainable and efficient use of energy. Here, innovations in terms of novel efficient and environmentally friendly technologies mainly based on renewable energy sources have been also investigated. The study also highlights different sectors that have been involved for this aim, such as energy conversion systems, urban areas, mobility, sustainability, water management, social aspects, etc. In this framework, specific conferences are periodically organized in order to provide a forum for discussion regarding these topics. In this area the Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) conference is the most ordinary conference. The 13th Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Conference was held in Palermo, Italy in 2018. The current Special Issue of Energies, precisely dedicated to the 13th SDEWES Conference, is based on three main topics: energy policy and energy efficiency in urban areas, energy efficiency in industry and biomass and other miscellaneous energy systems.

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Section: Energy Efficiency In Industrymentioning

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“…Ebin et al recovered high purity Zn and MnO 2 particles from spent ZCDBs by hydrogen-assisted reductive pyrolysis. [14] Nonetheless, this method increases the difficulty of separating single substances individually. The above problems can be effectively avoided by using a wet recycling process, in which the metal in the waste is leached via using strong acids and then the corresponding metal products are recovered by chemical process.…”

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Recycling of Zinc−Carbon Batteries into MnO/ZnO/C to Fabricate Sustainable Cathodes for Rechargeable Zinc‐Ion Batteries

Shangguan

Wang

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Acidic zinc−carbon dry batteries have been widely used in life because of their low cost. However, a great quantity of used batteries is discarded as refuse, which not only wastes resources but also leads to environmental contamination. To reuse spent batteries on a large scale, this study concerns a simple, effective, and sustainable strategy to turn them into MnO/ZnO/C composites. After a conventional leaching treatment followed by pyrolysis, the rust cathode materials can be reduced to MnO/ZnO/C. When serving as a rechargeable zinc‐ion battery cathode, this electrode provides a maximum reversible capacity of around 362 mAh g−1MnO) and a rate capability of 191 mAh g−1MnO at a high current rate of 1.20 A g−1. Furthermore, ZnO gradually dissolves in the electrolyte with the increase of discharge cycles, replenishing the Zn2+ content in the electrolyte and further enhancing cycling stability (98.02 % after 500 cycles). The device also exhibits a remarkable energy density of 336.37 Wh kg−1, low self‐discharge rate, and can efficiently power a LED panel. This strategy offers an economical and facile route to convert zinc−carbon battery waste into useful materials for aqueous rechargeable zinc ion batteries.

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“…In terms of metal recovery, a hydrometallurgical process has been reported for spent batteries using the basic steps of solvent extraction for separation of target elements; followed by electrodialysis and/or precipitation. Nevertheless, the selective separation by solvent is considered to be complex, costly and consume a relatively large amount of chemicals . Pyrometallurgical techniques are commonly reported to recover metals from waste alkaline and Zn−C batteries with applications in the steel industry as alloying additives.…”

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Manganese Oxide Derived from a Spent Zn–C Battery as a Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

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The generation of efficient, cheap and easily available water splitting catalysts, in particular for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), is vital to the development of sustainable energy sources. Primary batteries, especially alkaline and ZnÀ C batteries, mostly end-up in landfill due to their short lifespan which aggravates health and poses environmental threats. To address these issues, this work establishes a sustainable route for the generation of Manganese oxide (Mn 3 O 4 ) from spent ZnÀ C batteries as a catalyst for the OER under alkaline conditions. A thermal transformation study is conducted here at 900°C and 800°C under controlled atmosphere to generate Mn 3 O 4 nano-particles from waste ZnÀ C batteries which are investigated as a potential OER catalyst. Mn 3 O 4 particle synthesis was confirmed by XRD, Raman, FTIR, TEM and EDS analysis. The electrochemical performance demonstrated a low overpotential of 360 mV to reach 10 mA cm À 2 with a Tafel slope of 64 mV dec À 1 indicating good activity under alkaline conditions. Thus, the generation of Mn 3 O 4 from a spent ZnÀ C battery that can be employed as a catalyst for the OER is a promising path not only for the effective extraction of resources from battery waste, but also for the exploitation of using extracted materials in advanced technology applications.[a] Dr. R. Farzana, Prof. V. Sahajwalla

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Recovery of industrial valuable metals from household battery waste

Cited by 26 publications

References 19 publications

Toward an Efficient and Sustainable Use of Energy in Industries and Cities

Toward an Efficient and Sustainable Use of Energy in Industries and Cities

Recycling of Zinc−Carbon Batteries into MnO/ZnO/C to Fabricate Sustainable Cathodes for Rechargeable Zinc‐Ion Batteries

Manganese Oxide Derived from a Spent Zn–C Battery as a Catalyst for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

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