TY  - JOUR
AU  - Chung, Hanwen
AU  - Prasakti, Laras
AU  - Stopić, Srećko
AU  - Feldhaus, Dominic
AU  - Cvetković, Vesna S.
AU  - Friedrich, Bernd
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://cer.ihtm.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/6107
AB  - The results obtained from the work on a concept of a recycling process for NdFeB magnets
to recover rare earth elements for remanufacturing similar magnets are presented. This paper
investigates the viability of extracting rare earth metals from magnet recycling-derived oxide (MRDO) by means of molten salt electrolysis. The MRDO was produced from spent NdFeB magnets through oxidation in air and subsequently carbothermic reduction under an 80 mbar Ar gas atmosphere. This MRDO contained roughly 33 wt.% Nd and 10 wt.% Pr. The electrochemical reduction process of the MRDO on molybdenum electrodes in NdF3 + LiF and NdF3 + PrF3 + LiF fused salts systems was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry measurements. The resulting electrolytes and electrodes were examined after potentiostatic deposition by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The electrodeposited metals appeared to accumulate on the cathode and X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of metallic Nd and Pr on the working substrate. The suitability of the obtained alloy intended for the remanufacturing of NdFeB magnets was then evaluated.
PB  - MDPI
T2  - Metals
T1  - Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB Magnets: Metal Extraction by Molten Salt Electrolysis (Third Part)
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
SP  - 559
DO  - https://doi.org/10.3390/met13030559
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Chung, Hanwen and Prasakti, Laras and Stopić, Srećko and Feldhaus, Dominic and Cvetković, Vesna S. and Friedrich, Bernd",
year = "2023",
abstract = "The results obtained from the work on a concept of a recycling process for NdFeB magnets
to recover rare earth elements for remanufacturing similar magnets are presented. This paper
investigates the viability of extracting rare earth metals from magnet recycling-derived oxide (MRDO) by means of molten salt electrolysis. The MRDO was produced from spent NdFeB magnets through oxidation in air and subsequently carbothermic reduction under an 80 mbar Ar gas atmosphere. This MRDO contained roughly 33 wt.% Nd and 10 wt.% Pr. The electrochemical reduction process of the MRDO on molybdenum electrodes in NdF3 + LiF and NdF3 + PrF3 + LiF fused salts systems was investigated by cyclic voltammetry and chronoamperometry measurements. The resulting electrolytes and electrodes were examined after potentiostatic deposition by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The electrodeposited metals appeared to accumulate on the cathode and X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed the formation of metallic Nd and Pr on the working substrate. The suitability of the obtained alloy intended for the remanufacturing of NdFeB magnets was then evaluated.",
publisher = "MDPI",
journal = "Metals",
title = "Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB Magnets: Metal Extraction by Molten Salt Electrolysis (Third Part)",
volume = "13",
number = "3",
pages = "559",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.3390/met13030559"
}

Chung, H., Prasakti, L., Stopić, S., Feldhaus, D., Cvetković, V. S.,& Friedrich, B.. (2023). Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB Magnets: Metal Extraction by Molten Salt Electrolysis (Third Part). in Metals
MDPI., 13(3), 559.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/met13030559

Chung H, Prasakti L, Stopić S, Feldhaus D, Cvetković VS, Friedrich B. Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB Magnets: Metal Extraction by Molten Salt Electrolysis (Third Part). in Metals. 2023;13(3):559.
doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/met13030559 .

Chung, Hanwen, Prasakti, Laras, Stopić, Srećko, Feldhaus, Dominic, Cvetković, Vesna S., Friedrich, Bernd, "Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Spent NdFeB Magnets: Metal Extraction by Molten Salt Electrolysis (Third Part)" in Metals, 13, no. 3 (2023):559,
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/met13030559 . .