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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Sunlight polymerization of poly (amidoxime) hydrogel membrane for enhanced uranium extraction from seawater

C Ma, J Gao, D Wang, Y Yuan, J Wen, B Yan… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The uranium level in seawater is≈ 1000 times as high as terrestrial ores and can provide
potential near‐infinite fuel for the nuclear energy industry. However, it is still a significant …

Preparation of amidoxime modified porous organic polymer flowers for selective uranium recovery from seawater

M Ahmad, J Chen, K Yang, T Shah, Q Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Simple and facile technologies for efficient uranium (VI) removal from seawater is highly
interesting for energy and environmental sustainability. By take advantage of the …

Recovery of uranium from seawater: a review of current status and future research needs

J Kim, C Tsouris, RT Mayes, Y Oyola… - Separation Science …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The recovery of uranium (U) from seawater has been investigated for over six decades in
efforts to secure uranium sources for future energy production. The majority of the research …

Radiation-grafted copolymers for separation and purification purposes: Status, challenges and future directions

MM Nasef, O Güven - Progress in Polymer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Functional copolymers obtained by modification of existing polymers using radiation
induced graft copolymerization are attractive materials due to their enhanced separation …

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 …

Seawater uranium sorbents: preparation from a mesoporous copolymer initiator by atom‐transfer radical polymerization

Y Yue, RT Mayes, J Kim, PF Fulvio, XG Sun… - Angewandte …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The world s oceans, where uranium is found quite uniformly at a concentration of 3.3 μgLÀ1,
present an alternative source of uranium to terrestrial mining for nuclear fuel. Environmental …