Emerging natural and tailored materials for uranium-contaminated water treatment and environmental remediation

Y Xie, C Chen, X Ren, X Wang, H Wang… - Progress in materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
The rapid growth in nuclear industries such as uranium ores mining, nuclear energy
generation, spent-fuel treatment and nuclear weapon manufacture has caused a legacy of …

A review of environmental aspect of rare earth element extraction processes and solution purification techniques

D Talan, Q Huang - Minerals Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) are vital for the technology, military, and defense industries.
They have been recognized as critical due to potential scarcity, supply constraints, and lack …

Amidoxime-based materials for uranium recovery and removal

N Tang, J Liang, C Niu, H Wang, Y Luo… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Resources and the environment are two eternal themes of social development. Nuclear
energy, a green source with high energy density, can greatly alleviate the pressure of the …

A review on metal-organic frameworks for the removal of hazardous environmental contaminants

C Jeong, MZ Ansari, AH Anwer, SH Kim… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Efficient elimination of hazardous organic and inorganic pollutants, remains a difficult task
from the ecological viewpoint because of their deleterious impact on the environment and …

Synthesis of novel nanomaterials and their application in efficient removal of radionuclides

X Wang, L Chen, L Wang, Q Fan, D Pan, J Li… - Science China …, 2019 - Springer
With the development of nuclear energy, large amounts of radionuclides are inevitably
released into the natural environment. It is necessary to eliminate radionuclides from …

Hydrothermal fabrication of phytic acid decorated chitosan-graphene oxide composites for efficient and selective adsorption of uranium (VI)

H Xia, Q Ren, J Lv, Y Wang, Z Feng, Y Li… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
An innovative chitosan/graphene oxide composite containing phytic acid (PCG) was
fabricated directly by a single hydrothermal reaction using graphene oxide, chitosan, and …

Kinetic and equilibrium of U (Ⅵ) adsorption onto magnetic amidoxime-functionalized chitosan beads

S Zhuang, R Cheng, M Kang, J Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
Uranium is used to make nuclear fuels for power generation. Uranium-containing
wastewater is produced from fuel fabrication, fuel reprocessing, which resulted in the soil …

Fabrication of a phosphorylated graphene oxide–chitosan composite for highly effective and selective capture of U (VI)

Y Cai, C Wu, Z Liu, L Zhang, L Chen, J Wang… - Environmental …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Uranium is not only a strategic resource for nuclear power but also a highly toxic
contaminant in the environment. Although a series of traditional capturing materials …

Phosphoryl functionalized mesoporous silica for uranium adsorption

G Xue, F Yurun, M Li, G Dezhi, J Jie, Y Jincheng… - Applied Surface …, 2017 - Elsevier
Phosphoryl functionalized mesoporous silica (TBP-SBA-15) was synthesized by modified
mesoporous silica with γ-amino propyl triethoxy silane and tributyl phosphate. The obtained …

Amidoxime-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes by plasma techniques for efficient removal of uranium (VI)

Y Wang, Z Gu, J Yang, J Liao, Y Yang, N Liu… - Applied surface science, 2014 - Elsevier
A novel solid-phase extractant, amidoxime-grafted multiwalled carbon nanotubes (AO-g-
MWCNTs), has been synthesized using plasma techniques to selectively separate uranium …