Progress in phenanthroline-derived extractants for trivalent actinides and lanthanides separation: where to next?

X Yang, L Xu, D Fang, A Zhang, C **ao - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) released from reactors possesses significant radioactivity, heat
release properties, and high-value radioactive nuclides. Therefore, using chemical methods …

Nonaqueous Electrochemistry of Uranium Complexes: A Guide to Structure–Reactivity Tuning

J Riedhammer, DP Halter, K Meyer - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Uranium complexes can be stabilized in a wide range of oxidation states, ranging from UII to
UVI and a very recent example of a UI complex. This review provides a comprehensive …

A Supported Pd2 Dual‐Atom Site Catalyst for Efficient Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

N Zhang, X Zhang, Y Kang, C Ye, R **… - Angewandte …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐atom site catalysts (DACs) have emerged as a new frontier in heterogeneous catalysis
because the synergistic effect between adjacent metal atoms can promote their catalytic …

High Flux and Stability of Cationic Intercalation in Transition-Metal Oxides: Unleashing the Potential of Mn t2g Orbital via Enhanced π-Donation

S Yao, S Wang, Y Liu, Z Hou, J Wang… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal oxides (TMOs) often struggle with challenges related to low electronic
conductivity and unsatisfactory cyclic stability toward cationic intercalation. In this work, we …

N-Heterocyclic Carbene to Actinide d-Based π-bonding Correlates with Observed Metal–Carbene Bond Length Shortening Versus Lanthanide Congeners

CAP Goodwin, RW Adams, AJ Gaunt… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Comparison of bonding and electronic structural features between trivalent lanthanide (Ln)
and actinide (An) complexes across homologous series' of molecules can provide insights …

Architector for high-throughput cross-periodic table 3D complex building

MG Taylor, DJ Burrill, J Janssen, ER Batista… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Rare-earth and actinide complexes are critical for a wealth of clean-energy applications.
Three-dimensional (3D) structural generation and prediction for these organometallic …

31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Probe of Thorium–Phosphorus Bond Covalency: Correlating Phosphorus Chemical Shift to Metal–Phosphorus …

J Du, J Hurd, JA Seed, G Balázs… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report the use of solution and solid-state 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
spectroscopy combined with Density Functional Theory calculations to benchmark the …

Progress in Nonaqueous Molecular Uranium Chemistry: Where to Next?

ST Liddle - Inorganic Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
There is long-standing interest in nonaqueous uranium chemistry because of fundamental
questions about uranium's variable chemical bonding and the similarities of this pseudo …

5f Covalency Synergistically Boosting Oxygen Evolution of UCoO4 Catalyst

X Lin, YC Huang, Z Hu, L Li, J Zhou… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Electronic structure modulation among multiple metal sites is key to the design of efficient
catalysts. Most studies have focused on regulating 3d transition-metal active ions through …

Investigation of f-element interactions with functionalized diamides of phenanthroline-based ligands

EM Archer, SS Galley, JA Jackson… - Solvent Extraction and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Separations relevant to trivalent actinides and lanthanides have been a focus of the f-
element community in the past few decades. A central focus of this effort has been …