Phytoextraction as a tool for green chemistry

Andrew John Hunt; Christopher Anderson; Neil Charles Bruce; Andrea Munoz Garcia; Thomas Graedel; Mark Edward Hodson; John Meech; Nedal Nassar; Helen Louise Parker; Liz Rylott; Konstantina Sotiriou; Qing Zhang; James Hanley Clark

doi:10.1515/gps-2013-0103

Phytoextraction as a tool for green chemistry

Andrew John Hunt, Christopher Anderson, Neil Charles Bruce, Andrea Munoz Garcia, Thomas Graedel, Mark Edward Hodson, John Meech, Nedal Nassar, Helen Louise Parker, Liz Rylott, Konstantina Sotiriou, Qing Zhang, James Hanley Clark

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

The unique chemical and physical properties of metals mean that they are extensively utilized by industry in a huge variety of applications, including electronics, materials, industrial catalysts and chemicals. The increased consumer demand from a growing population worldwide with rising aspirations for a better life has resulted in concerns over the security of supply and accessibility of these valuable elements. As such, there is a growing need to develop alternative methods to recover them from waste repositories, current
or historic, both for hazard avoidance and potentially, as a new source of metals for industry. Phytoextraction (the use of plants for the recovery of metals from
waste repositories) is a green and novel technique for metal recovery, which, if done with the goal of resource supply rather than hazard mitigation, is termed “phytomining”. The ability for plants to form metallic nanoparticles
as a consequence of phytoextraction could make the recovered metal ideally suited for utilization in green chemical technologies, such as catalysis. This
review focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to elemental sustainability and highlights important aspects of metal lifecycle analysis, metal waste sources (including mine tailings), phytoextraction and potential green chemical applications that may result from the integration of these approaches.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-22
Number of pages	20
Journal	Green Processing and Synthesis
Volume	3
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/gps-2013-0103
Publication status	Published - Feb 2014

Keywords

phytomining
phytoextraction
metals
nanoparticles

Access to Document

10.1515/gps-2013-0103

Hunt et al (2014) Green Process Synth 3 3 - 22
Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy.
Final published version, 3.28 MB

Cite this

@article{efc6b1e26afe413cbae8233c5e0f9f84,

title = "Phytoextraction as a tool for green chemistry",

abstract = "The unique chemical and physical properties of metals mean that they are extensively utilized by industry in a huge variety of applications, including electronics, materials, industrial catalysts and chemicals. The increased consumer demand from a growing population worldwide with rising aspirations for a better life has resulted in concerns over the security of supply and accessibility of these valuable elements. As such, there is a growing need to develop alternative methods to recover them from waste repositories, currentor historic, both for hazard avoidance and potentially, as a new source of metals for industry. Phytoextraction (the use of plants for the recovery of metals fromwaste repositories) is a green and novel technique for metal recovery, which, if done with the goal of resource supply rather than hazard mitigation, is termed “phytomining”. The ability for plants to form metallic nanoparticlesas a consequence of phytoextraction could make the recovered metal ideally suited for utilization in green chemical technologies, such as catalysis. Thisreview focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to elemental sustainability and highlights important aspects of metal lifecycle analysis, metal waste sources (including mine tailings), phytoextraction and potential green chemical applications that may result from the integration of these approaches.",

keywords = "phytomining, phytoextraction, metals, nanoparticles",

author = "Hunt, {Andrew John} and Christopher Anderson and Bruce, {Neil Charles} and Garcia, {Andrea Munoz} and Thomas Graedel and Hodson, {Mark Edward} and John Meech and Nedal Nassar and Parker, {Helen Louise} and Liz Rylott and Konstantina Sotiriou and Qing Zhang and Clark, {James Hanley}",

year = "2014",

month = feb,

doi = "10.1515/gps-2013-0103",

language = "English",

volume = "3",

pages = "3--22",

journal = "Green Processing and Synthesis",

issn = "2191-9542",

publisher = "De Gruyter",

number = "1",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Phytoextraction as a tool for green chemistry

AU - Hunt, Andrew John

AU - Anderson, Christopher

AU - Bruce, Neil Charles

AU - Garcia, Andrea Munoz

AU - Graedel, Thomas

AU - Hodson, Mark Edward

AU - Meech, John

AU - Nassar, Nedal

AU - Parker, Helen Louise

AU - Rylott, Liz

AU - Sotiriou, Konstantina

AU - Zhang, Qing

AU - Clark, James Hanley

PY - 2014/2

Y1 - 2014/2

N2 - The unique chemical and physical properties of metals mean that they are extensively utilized by industry in a huge variety of applications, including electronics, materials, industrial catalysts and chemicals. The increased consumer demand from a growing population worldwide with rising aspirations for a better life has resulted in concerns over the security of supply and accessibility of these valuable elements. As such, there is a growing need to develop alternative methods to recover them from waste repositories, currentor historic, both for hazard avoidance and potentially, as a new source of metals for industry. Phytoextraction (the use of plants for the recovery of metals fromwaste repositories) is a green and novel technique for metal recovery, which, if done with the goal of resource supply rather than hazard mitigation, is termed “phytomining”. The ability for plants to form metallic nanoparticlesas a consequence of phytoextraction could make the recovered metal ideally suited for utilization in green chemical technologies, such as catalysis. Thisreview focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to elemental sustainability and highlights important aspects of metal lifecycle analysis, metal waste sources (including mine tailings), phytoextraction and potential green chemical applications that may result from the integration of these approaches.

AB - The unique chemical and physical properties of metals mean that they are extensively utilized by industry in a huge variety of applications, including electronics, materials, industrial catalysts and chemicals. The increased consumer demand from a growing population worldwide with rising aspirations for a better life has resulted in concerns over the security of supply and accessibility of these valuable elements. As such, there is a growing need to develop alternative methods to recover them from waste repositories, currentor historic, both for hazard avoidance and potentially, as a new source of metals for industry. Phytoextraction (the use of plants for the recovery of metals fromwaste repositories) is a green and novel technique for metal recovery, which, if done with the goal of resource supply rather than hazard mitigation, is termed “phytomining”. The ability for plants to form metallic nanoparticlesas a consequence of phytoextraction could make the recovered metal ideally suited for utilization in green chemical technologies, such as catalysis. Thisreview focuses on a multidisciplinary approach to elemental sustainability and highlights important aspects of metal lifecycle analysis, metal waste sources (including mine tailings), phytoextraction and potential green chemical applications that may result from the integration of these approaches.

KW - phytomining

KW - phytoextraction

KW - metals

KW - nanoparticles

U2 - 10.1515/gps-2013-0103

DO - 10.1515/gps-2013-0103

M3 - Article

SN - 2191-9542

VL - 3

SP - 3

EP - 22

JO - Green Processing and Synthesis

JF - Green Processing and Synthesis

IS - 1

ER -