Efficient Photodegradation of Thiocyanate Ions in Mining Wastewater Using a ZnO-BiOI Heterojunction.

Darlington C Ashiegbu, David Nkhoesa, Rudolph Erasmus, Herman Johanes Potgieter

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Darlington C AshiegbuSustainable and Innovative Metals and Minerals Extraction Technology (SIMMET) Laboratory, School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2204-6248

David NkhoesaSustainable and Innovative Metals and Minerals Extraction Technology (SIMMET) Laboratory, School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.

Rudolph ErasmusSchool of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.

Herman Johanes PotgieterSustainable and Innovative Metals and Minerals Extraction Technology (SIMMET) Laboratory, School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2833-7986

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Abstract

Mining industries have long relied on cyanidation as the primary method for gold extraction, but this process generates thiocyanates as a problematic byproduct, posing challenges for wastewater treatment and recycling. The stability of thiocyanates makes their reduction or elimination in mining wastewater difficult. In this study, a

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degradation mechanismdopingheterojunctionphotocatalysissynthesisthiocyanate

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PMID39124495

DOI10.3390/ma17153832

PMCPMC11313042

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