Upcycling of spent copper wires for photocatalysis and supercapacitor applications

• Main Authors: Yudha, Cornelius Satria, Apriliyani, Enni, Arinawati, Meidiana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24127/1/SME%2013.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/24127/; https://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol53num6_2024/contentsVol53num6_2024.html

In this study, copper wires were upcycled as copper oxide (CuO) powder through hydrometallurgical and biotreatment processes, which are economically and environmentally attractive. Lactic acid, an organic weak acid, is chosen as the lixiviant to improve the sustainability of the leaching process; me...