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Debromination with Bromine Recovery from Pyrolysis of Waste Printed Circuit Boards Offers Economic and Environmental Benefits

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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06448

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brominated flame retardants; bromide fixation; elemental reorganization; phase transition; reutilization

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Bromine is an important resource used in medical, automotive, and electronic industries. Waste electronic products with brominated flame retardants can cause serious secondary pollution, thus catalytic cracking, adsorption, fixation, separation, and purification have gained attention. However, bromine resources have not been effectively reutilized. Advanced pyrolysis technology can convert bromine pollution into resources, and coupled debromination and bromide reutilization during pyrolysis is a future research area.
Bromine is an important resource that is widely used in medical, automotive, and electronic industries. Waste electronic products containing brominated flame retardants can cause serious secondary pollution, which is why catalytic cracking, adsorption, fixation, separation, and purification have gained significant attention. However, the bromine resources have not been effectively reutilized. The application of advanced pyrolysis technology could help solve this problem via converting bromine pollution into bromine resources. Coupled debromination and bromide reutilization during pyrolysis is an important field of research in the future. This prospective paper presents new insights in terms of the reorganization of different elements and adjustment of bromine phase transition. Furthermore, we proposed some research directions for efficient and environmentally friendly debromination and reutilization of bromine: 1) precise synergistic pyrolysis should be further explored for efficient debromination, such as using persistent free radicals in biomass, polymer hydrogen supply, and metal catalysis, 2) rematching of Br elements and nonmetal elements (C/H/O) will be a promising direction for synthesizing functionalized adsorption materials, 3) oriented control of the bromide migration path should be further studied to obtain different forms of bromine resources, and 4) advanced pyrolysis equipment should be well developed.

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