Spent auto-catalysts are considered as promising platinum group metals (PGMs) resources
based on their rapidly increasing demand along with the underlying uncertainty of the …

Raw metals are fundamental to the global economy as they are essential to maintain the
quality of our life as well as industrial performance. A number of metal-bearing aqueous …

The current ongoing transition in the energy and mobility sector is partially based on
elements which can be classified as critical, like rare earths and cobalt. For these elements …

With the continuous depletion of global oil reserves, unconventional alternative oil resources
like heavy oil and bitumen have become increasingly attractive. This study investigates the …

The Heck coupling of iodobenzene with ethyl acrylate or styrene was used to assess the
catalytic properties of biogenic nanoparticles of palladium supported upon the surface of …

The future of catalyst will be controlled by sustainable environment and renewability.
Presently, most of the catalytic materials are sourced from finite geological deposits. Most of …

Palladium bioinorganic catalyst (bio-Pd) was manufactured using bacteria (Desulfovibrio
desulfuricans and Escherichia coli) via the reduction of Pd (II) to bio-scaffolded Pd (0) …

With the aim to recover precious metals (PMs) from spent automotive catalyst leachates into
new catalysts, cells of Escherichia coli first reduced Pd (II) or Pt (IV) physiologically to …

Microbial electrochemical technology (MET) is a rapidly growing environmental technology,
bringing together the disciplines of microbiology, electrochemistry, materials science and …

Microbially generated or supported nanocatalysts have potential applications in green
chemistry and environmental application. However, precious (and base) metals biorefined …