A Kinetic Study on Enhanced Cementation of Gold Ions by Galvanic Interactions between Aluminum (Al) as an Electron Donor and Activated Carbon (AC) as an Electron Mediator in Ammonium Thiosulfate System

The enhanced cementation technique by galvanic interaction of aluminum (Al; electron donor) and activated carbon (AC; electron mediator) to recover gold (Au) ions from the ammonium thiosulfate solution is a promising technique to eliminate the challenges of poor recovery in the system. This study presents the kinetics of Au ion cementation in an ammonium thiosulfate lixiviant as functions of initial Au concentration, size/amount of Al and AC, temperature, and shaking speed. The recovery results basically followed first order kinetics and showed that the cementation rate increased with a higher initial concentration of Au, smaller electron donor size, greater both electron donor and mediator quantity, decrease in temperature, and higher shaking speed in the system, while size of electron mediator did not significantly affect Au recovery.

New Near-Infrared absorbing conjugated electron donor-acceptor molecules with fused tetrathiafulvalene- naphthalene diimide framework

Molecular materials that can absorb and emit light in the near-infrared (NIR) region are getting more and more attentions in many fields. In this paper, we report the synthesis, photophysical...

Combined nanoarchitectonics with self-assembly and electrosynthesis for flexible PTCDIs@PEDOT films with interpenetrating P-N heterojunction

A novel synthesis method for fabricating large area, uniform bulk-heterojunction film with electron donor and acceptor materials homogeneously distributed each other forming a bicontinuous network morphology is reported. The acceptor...