The invention discloses an ultrasonic-assisted photocatalytic
precious metal leaching method, and belongs to the technical field of
precious metal recovery. The method comprises the following steps: (1) material pretreatment: treating
electronic waste powder containing gold, silver and
copper into
electronic waste powder capable of being leached by a proper method; (2) preparing a
reaction system: adding
electronic waste powder containing gold, silver and
copper into a leaching
solvent, then sequentially adding FeCl3 and a photocatalyst, and uniformly stirring; (3) photocatalytic leaching: carrying out ultrasonic-assisted leaching reaction on the suspension
reaction system under
ultraviolet irradiation; and (4)
solid-liquid separation is conducted, and leaching liquid containing
precious metal and leaching residues are obtained. According to the method, the synergistic effect of FeCl3 and the photocatalyst is combined, efficient leaching of precious
metal is achieved under
ultraviolet irradiation, and the method has the advantages of being
environmentally friendly, efficient, good in cyclicity, mild in condition, easy to operate and the like, is suitable for large-scale
recovery of precious
metal from electronic waste containing gold, silver and
copper and has important economic and environmental significance.