A comprehensive review on the recycling of discarded printed circuit boards for resource recovery

S Mir, N Dhawan - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022 - Elsevier
Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are an essential and central component of electronic waste.
The rapid depletion of natural resources, massive generation of end-of-life PCBs and …

Recycling value materials from waste PCBs focus on electronic components: technologies, obstruction and prospects

C Wu, AK Awasthi, W Qin, W Liu, C Yang - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The progress of science and technology speeds up the upgrading of electrical and
electronic equipment, resulting in the generation of electronic waste (e-waste). Electronic …

Equilibrium phase diagram design and structural optimization of SAC/Sn-Pb composite structure solder joint for preferable stress distribution

S Xu, X Jing, P Zhu, H Jin, KW Paik, P He… - Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Package-on-Package (PoP) technology is an efficient knowhow to increase the
efficiency of electronic components, hence to secure the continuation of the validity of …

A sustainable method for germanium, vanadium and lithium extraction from coal fly ash: Sodium salts roasting and organic acids leaching

H Rezaei, SZ Shafaei, H Abdollahi, A Shahidi… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper proposes an environmentally friendly process for recovering germanium, lithium,
and vanadium from coal fly ash (CFA) using thermal pretreatment and hydrometallurgy. To …

Novel bioleaching of waste lithium ion batteries by mixed moderate thermophilic microorganisms, using iron scrap as energy source and reducing agent

S Ghassa, A Farzanegan, M Gharabaghi, H Abdollahi - Hydrometallurgy, 2020 - Elsevier
Low kinetic is one of the most important disadvantages of bioleaching. The leaching rate can
be increased by employing thermophilic microorganisms. In this research, the moderate …

Iron scrap, a sustainable reducing agent for waste lithium ions batteries leaching: An environmentally friendly method to treating waste with waste

S Ghassa, A Farzanegan, M Gharabaghi… - Resources, Conservation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Current paper introduces the iron scrap as a sustainable, economic and efficient reducing
agent for cobalt, nickel, and lithium leaching from waste lithium ion batteries (LIBs). In this …

The reductive leaching of waste lithium ion batteries in presence of iron ions: Process optimization and kinetics modelling

S Ghassa, A Farzanegan, M Gharabaghi… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recycling of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) is essential not only to protect the environment but
also to recover valuable metals, such as lithium and cobalt. The effect of ferrous (Fe 2+) has …

E-waste recycling practices: a review on environmental concerns, remediation and technological developments with a focus on printed circuit boards

SP Tembhare, BA Bhanvase, DP Barai… - Environment …, 2021 - Springer
Decrease in life span of electronic devices and consumer's urge to use advanced
technology leads to obsolescence of such devices, resulting in electronic waste generation …

Optimization of response surface methodology (RSM) for defluorination of spent carbon cathode (SCC) in fire-roasting aluminum electrolysis

Z Zhu, L Xu, Z Han, J Liu, L Zhang, S Tian, Y Xu… - Minerals …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spent carbon cathode (SCC) is a typical toxic and hazardous solid waste generated in
aluminum electrolysis. The harmless treatment of SCC is extremely important for the …

Separation of metals from Ni-Cu-Ag-Pd-Bi-Sn multi-metal system of e-waste by leaching and stepwise potential-controlled electrodeposition

Y Liu, Q Song, L Zhang, Z Xu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Electronic waste, as hazardous waste, contains a large amount of metals, which is of great
recovery value. However, they are difficult to separate due to wide variety and complex …