Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Electrolysis of a molten semiconductor

  • Huayi Yin,
  • Brice Chung,
  • Donald R. Sadoway

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12584
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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Conventional metal extraction processes rely on energy intensive pyro- or hydrometallurgical methods which generate pollutants. Here, the authors reveal a high-throughput electro-desulfurization process to convert molten stibnite to pure antimony in a single step, reducing emissions and energy consumption.