Rare Earth Elements
This project focuses on developing a novel microalgae based process for ecological and economical recovery of valuable and rare earth metals to support a sustainable resource supply for Bavarian high technology industries by usage of unconventional sources (e.g. mining residues, leachate, geothermal waters or leached metal scraps). The main goal of the project is therefore to design a packed bed cartridge for concentration of metal ions from highly diluted solutions with immobilized algae biomass and to finally characterize the potential of this method.
Work at IBK: Develpment of the luminescence-based detection method for rare earth elements in solution and on biomass, screening of algae species and characterisation of the biosorption (isotherms, kinetics, selectivity etc.) as well as isolation and identification of structures or compounds responsible for the binding of metals.
- Involved People: Wojciech Jurkowski
- Funding: Bay. Staatsministerien für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz
- Project Partners: 3