Advanced porous adsorbents for radionuclides elimination

M Hao, Y Liu, W Wu, S Wang, X Yang, Z Chen, Z Tang… - EnergyChem, 2023 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of nuclear industry, effective management of nuclear waste and
oversight of nuclear fuel cycle are critical. Radionuclides such as uranium (U), plutonium …

Toxicity of heavy metals and recent advances in their removal: a review

MK Abd Elnabi, NE Elkaliny, MM Elyazied, SH Azab… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Natural and anthropogenic sources of metals in the ecosystem are perpetually increasing;
consequently, heavy metal (HM) accumulation has become a major environmental concern …

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 …

Orderly porous covalent organic frameworks-based materials: superior adsorbents for pollutants removal from aqueous solutions

X Liu, H Pang, X Liu, Q Li, N Zhang, L Mao, M Qiu… - The innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are a new type of crystalline porous polymers known
for chemical stability, excellent structural regularity, robust framework, and inherent porosity …

Semiconducting metal–organic frameworks decorated with spatially separated dual cocatalysts for efficient uranium (VI) photoreduction

K Yu, L Tang, X Cao, Z Guo, Y Zhang… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reduction of soluble hexavalent uranium (U (VI)) to sparingly soluble tetravalent uranium (U
(IV)) with semiconductor photocatalysts is recognized as a novel, green, and simple U …

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 …

Three mechanisms in one material: uranium capture by a polyoxometalate–organic framework through combined complexation, chemical reduction, and …

H Zhang, W Liu, A Li, D Zhang, X Li… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The design and synthesis of uranium sorbent materials with high uptake efficiency, capacity
and selectivity, as well as excellent hydrolytic stability and radiation resistance remains a …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging health risks and underlying toxicological mechanisms of uranium contamination: lessons from the past two decades

M Ma, R Wang, L Xu, M Xu, S Liu - Environment international, 2020 - Elsevier
Uranium contamination is a global health concern. Regarding natural or anthropogenic
uranium contamination, the major sources of concern are groundwater, mining, phosphate …

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 …

Amino-rich Ag-NWs/NH2-MIL-125 (Ti) hybrid heterostructure via LSPR effect for photo-assist uranium extraction from fluorine-containing uranium wastewater without …

B Tu, K Yu, D Fu, L Zhou, R Wang, X Jiang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Photo-assist uranium extraction from fluorine-containing uranium wastewater by building
semiconductor-plasma material heterostructure is a forward-looking strategy, which not only …