Uranium extraction from seawater: material design, emerging technologies and marine engineering

Y Xie, Z Liu, Y Geng, H Li, N Wang, Y Song… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Uranium extraction from seawater (UES), a potential approach to securing the long-term
uranium supply and sustainability of nuclear energy, has experienced significant progress in …

Materials for the recovery of uranium from seawater

CW Abney, RT Mayes, T Saito, S Dai - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
More than 1000× uranium exists in the oceans than exists in terrestrial ores. With nuclear
power generation expected to increase over the coming decades, access to this …

Extremely stable amidoxime functionalized covalent organic frameworks for uranium extraction from seawater with high efficiency and selectivity

G Cheng, A Zhang, Z Zhao, Z Chai, B Hu, B Han, Y Ai… - Science Bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Uranium extraction from seawater is of strategic significance for nuclear power generation.
Amidoxime-based functional adsorbents play indispensable roles in the recovery of …

Selective extraction of uranium from seawater with biofouling-resistant polymeric peptide

Y Yuan, Q Yu, M Cao, L Feng, S Feng, T Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nuclear power could continue to be a reliable and carbon-free energy source at least from a
near-term perspective. In addition to the safety issues, another risk that may threaten the …

High-capacity amidoxime-functionalized β-cyclodextrin/graphene aerogel for selective uranium capture

N Li, L Yang, D Wang, C Tang, W Deng… - … Science & Technology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Uranium extraction from seawater is a grand challenge of mounting severity as the energy
demand increases with a growing global population. An amidoxime-functionalized …

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 half-wave rectified alternating current electrochemical method for uranium extraction from seawater

C Liu, PC Hsu, J Xie, J Zhao, T Wu, H Wang, W Liu… - Nature Energy, 2017 - nature.com
In total there is hundreds of times more uranium in sea water than on land, but extracting it
for use in nuclear power generation is challenging due to its low concentration (∼ 3 ppb) …

Vertically aligned polyamidoxime/graphene oxide hybrid sheets' membrane for ultrafast and selective extraction of uranium from seawater

T Liu, R Zhang, M Chen, Y Liu, Z Xie… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the continuous research and development of amidoxime (AO)‐based adsorbents,
industrialization production of uranium from seawater gradually becomes a reality. However …

Engineering robust metal–phenolic network membranes for uranium extraction from seawater

W Luo, G Xiao, F Tian, JJ Richardson… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Roughly 4 billion tons of uranium exists in the oceans, which equates to a nearly
inexhaustible supply for nuclear power production. However, the extraction of uranium from …

Uranium extraction from seawater by novel materials: A review

D Zhang, L Fang, L Liu, B Zhao, B Hu, S Yu… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
There are abundant uranium resources in the ocean, from the perspective of resource
utilization and ecological environmental protection, seawater uranium extraction is a way to …