Greenmet Lab
Description of the Group
In 2013, we initiated the implementation of a project called “Greenmet” under Measure 1.4 of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme. As part of this project, we carry out research on the selective recovery of non-ferrous and precious metals from technological waste and electronic scrap, with innovative (in terms of technology, environment and economy) chemical and electrochemical methods (at macro, micro and nano-scale). The project has a strictly application character in the area of environmental protection. The innovativeness of the proposed solutions is expressed by their selective action on a selected metal (targeted recycling), simplicity of operation and environmental friendliness (lack of toxic by- products, ease of regeneration of key reagents). The quantitative indicators of the developed methods confirm their belonging to the area of eco-friendly technological solutions (green chemistry). In order to achieve the assumed indicators, we are also making efforts to design and synthesize new materials.
Research Activities
New inorganic compounds and gel materials (e.g. ferro-gel materials, i.e. gel materials sensitive to changes in the external magnetic field) are de-signed and characterized for selective extraction or accumulation of selected metals. The development of fast and reliable methods for multielement chemical analyses is also an important part of the research work. Analytical procedure schemes built are subject to full validation. The process of quality control of the obtained measurement results (including validation of the method, estimation of measurement uncertainty, comparative activities) is carried out with the use of our in-house e-stat service
Offer
- Electroanalytical measurements using macroelectrodes (industrial samples), microelectrodes (environmental samples) and nanoelectrodes (extremely small volume samples including intracellular measurements),
- Fabrication of nanoelectrodes,
- Chemical analysis of solid samples by X-ray fluorescence technique (XRF),
- Determination of metals in solid samples with measurement capability directly at the place where the material is stored, without the sample having to be transported to the laboratory,
- Consultations/workshops on validation of test methods and construction of budgets for uncertainties of methods,
- Developing schemes of validation / estimating the uncertainty of analytical, physico-chemical and physical methods in research laboratories,
- Analysis of large data sets using chemometric techniques.
Team Leader
A scholarship holder of the Foundation for Polish Sci-ence and of the NSF-NATO program at the City University of New York. Author of scientific publications on practical and theoretical issues of transport to micro and nanoelectrodes, metrology and quality control of measurements, characteristics of new gel materials and innovative methods of recovering non-ferrous metals from e-scrap.Co-author of 3 patent applications and a textbook “Statistical analysis in a laboratory” (Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warsaw, 2016).Author of the e-stat system for conducting statistical calculations via the Internet (www.e-stat.pl), whose exceptional usefulness in everyday laboratory practice is confirmed by the constantly growing number of users in Poland. List of active users of e-stat services from outside the academic community (including faculties of many public and private universities in Poland) includes about 150 laboratories performing important social and economic functions in the country.Cooperation with the industrial sector (Greenmet Technology, TOMAD, Tesla Recycling, CBJ KGHM) and with research and development units (IPC PAS).