Sustainable route for Nd recycling from waste electronic components featured with unique element-specific sorting enabling simplified hydrometallurgy

• Main Authors: Xia, Dong, Charpentier, Nicolas M., Maurice, Ange, Brambilla, Andrea, Yan, Qingyu, Gabriel, Jean-Christophe P.
• Other Authors: Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Neodymium Sustainability; Ceramic Capacitor
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162204
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Neodymium being an expensive strategic metal indispensable for our society, the key issue is to secure its supply and make its usage sustainable. However, with less than 1% of it currently being recycled, we are far from achieving this. Although some work is underway to recycle electrical engines’ l...