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

Y **e, 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 …

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

Y **e, 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 …

Converging cooperative functions into the nanospace of covalent organic frameworks for efficient uranium extraction from seawater

M Hao, Z Chen, X Liu, X Liu, J Zhang, H Yang… - Ccs …, 2022 - chinesechemsoc.org
The extraction of uranium from seawater is challenging though it offers tremendous potential
for the sustainable production of nuclear fuel for the energy sector. Herein, we report a new …

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 …

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 …

Photothermal‐Enhanced Uranium Extraction from Seawater: A Biomass Solar Thermal Collector with 3D Ion‐Transport Networks

T Li, X Lin, Z Zhang, L Yang, Y Qian… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Access to uranium resources is critical to the sustainable development of nuclear energy.
The ocean contains abundant uranium resources, but the marine biological pollution and …

DNA nano-pocket for ultra-selective uranyl extraction from seawater

Y Yuan, T Liu, J **ao, Q Yu, L Feng, B Niu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Extraction of uranium from seawater is critical for the sustainable development of nuclear
energy. However, the currently available uranium adsorbents are hampered by co-existing …

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

W Luo, G **ao, 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 …