Scientific Publications
Complete abstracts have been provided for all publications. Full articles are available on request.
Resource Recovery
(a) Metals (Cu, Au, Pd, Pt)
1. Concentration of Precious Metals during their Recovery from Electronic Waste; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2016) Waste Management, Vol. 57, pp. 121-130.
2. High Temperature Investigations on Optimising the Recovery of Copper from Waste Printed Circuit Boards; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2018) Waste Management, Vol. 73, pp. 556-565
3. Generation of Copper Rich Metallic Phases from Waste Printed Circuit Boards; Khanna et al. (2014) Waste Management 34(10), pp. 1783-1792.
4. Concentration of precious metals during their recovery from electronic waste; Khanna et al. (2015) Sardinia 2015, 15th International waste Management and Landfill Symposium, 5-9, 2015, S. Margerita di Pula, Italy.
(b) Rare earths
5. Concentration of Rare Earth Elements during High Temperature Pyrolysis of Waste Printed Circuit Boards; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2018) Waste Management, Vol. 78, pp. 602-610.
6. Environmentally and economically sustainable recovery of precious metals and rare earth elements from waste printed circuit boards; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2019), in Critical and Rare Earth Elements: Recovery from Secondary Resources, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, USA, pp 299-312.
(c) Value added products
7. Recycling Polymeric Waste from Electronic and Automotive Sectors into Value Added Products; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2017) Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering 11(5) pp. 4-11
8. Polymer Composites Utilizing Electronic Waste as Reinforcing Fillers: Mechanical and Rheological Properties; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2016) Current Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 1, pp. 86-95.
9. Recycling Polymer rich Waste Printed Circuit Boards at High Temperatures: Recovery of Value-added Carbon Resources; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2015) Journal of sustainable metallurgy, 1, pp. 75-84.
10. Novel carbon microfibers and foams from printed circuit boards; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2015) Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 145, pp. 473-479.
11. Structural, thermal and microscopic characteristics of waste-reinforced Polypropylene composites: a novel approach for recycling electronic waste; Khanna et al. (2016) Journal of Applied polymer science. Vol. 133, Issue 18, pp. 1-11
12. Synthesis of silicon carbide nanoparticles by using electronic waste as a carbon source; Khanna et al. (2014), Materials Letters, Vol. 120, pp. 65-68.
13. Transforming polymeric waste from electronic and automotive sectors into value-added commercial products; Khanna et al. (2015). 15th International waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Oct. 5-9, 2015, S. Margerita di Pula, Italy.
(d) Energy
14. Energy Recovery from Electronic Waste: A Critical Assessment; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2022) in Solid Waste Management: Chemical Approaches Edited by G. Chauhan and S. Sevada. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Florida 33487, U.S.A.
Pollution Control
(a) Hazardous waste
15. Novel Approach for Processing Hazardous Electronic Waste; Khanna et al. (2014) Procedia Environmental Sciences. L. Beesley Vol. 21, pp. 33-41
16. Environmental impact of recycling electronic waste using thermal plasma: in-depth analysis of aerosol particulates captured in gas filters; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2017) Current Environmental Engineering, Vol 4 (3), pp. 169-176.
(b) Toxic emissions
17. A Novel Approach for Reducing Toxic Emissions during High Temperature Processing of Electronic Waste; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2017) Waste Management, Vol. 64, pp. 182-189.
18. A novel approach for reducing toxic emissions during processing of hazardous e-waste; Khanna et al. (2015) Sardinia 2015, 15th International waste Management and Landfill Symposium, 5-9, 2015, S. Margerita di Pula, Italy
c) Environmental impact
19. Environmental impact of processing electronic waste: Key issues and challenges; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2016) in “E-Waste in Transition – From Pollution to Resource”, Intech, Croatia. pp. 9-35.
20. Factors influencing the release of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) during thermal processing of electronic waste; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2020) Waste Management, Vol. 105, pp. 414-424.
E-Waste: Collection and management
(a) Collection and regulations
21.Global Perspectives on Regulatory Measures and Collection Procedures for Electronic Waste: A Critical Assessment; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2018) Open Access Journal of Waste Management & Xenobiotics. 1(1): 000101.
22. An overview on solid waste generation and management: Current status in chile; Khanna, Mukherjee (2021) Sustainability 13 (21), 11644
(b) Initial processing
23. A critical assessment on resource recovery from electronic waste: Impact of mechanical pre-treatment; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2020), Cleaner Production. 122319.
24. A novel recycling approach for transforming waste printed circuit boards into a material resource; Khanna, Mukherjee et al. (2014) Procedia Environmental Sciences L. Beesley Vol. 21, pp. 42-54