NETL Advances Luminescent Sensors To Detect Rare Earth Elements in Waste Byproducts
May 09, 2024
May 09, 2024
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 9 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news:
NETL researchers have developed a low-cost compact fiber-optic sensor that exploits a process called "photoluminescence sensitization" to detect rare earth elements (REEs) -- critical materials needed by U.S. manufacturers to make high-tech systems and devices -- in waste byproducts generated from mining and fossil energy production.
NETL researchers have developed a low-cost compact fiber-optic sensor that exploits a process called "photoluminescence sensitization" to detect rare earth elements (REEs) -- critical materials needed by U.S. manufacturers to make high-tech systems and devices -- in waste byproducts generated from mining and fossil energy production.