Adsorption of uranium (VI) by metal-organic frameworks and covalent-organic frameworks from water

D Mei, L Liu, B Yan - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
As we all know, energy and environment are two everlasting themes for the development of
society. Nuclear power source, as a clean energy that is easy to be stored, has been rapidly …

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 …

Highly efficient electrocatalytic uranium extraction from seawater over an amidoxime‐functionalized In–N–C catalyst

X Liu, Y Xie, M Hao, Z Chen, H Yang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seawater contains uranium at a concentration of≈ 3.3 ppb, thus representing a rich and
sustainable nuclear fuel source. Herein, an adsorption–electrocatalytic platform is …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Covalent organic frameworks as a decorating platform for utilization and affinity enhancement of chelating sites for radionuclide sequestration

Q Sun, B Aguila, LD Earl, CW Abney… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The potential consequences of nuclear events and the complexity of nuclear waste
management motivate the development of selective solid‐phase sorbents to provide …

An ion‐crosslinked supramolecular hydrogel for ultrahigh and fast uranium recovery from seawater

B Yan, C Ma, J Gao, Y Yuan, N Wang - Advanced Materials, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Large‐scale uranium extraction from seawater is a crucial but challenging part of nuclear
power generation. In this study, a new ion‐crosslinked supramolecular Zn2+–poly …

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 …

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 …