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 …

The Role of Nanoporous Adsorbents in the Circular Economy—Closing the Loop of Critical Materials Recovery

J Florek, M Negoro, Y Hu, K Kanamori… - Advanced Functional …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the increase in the global population, industrialization, and the transition to climate
neutrality through low‐emission technologies, the pressure on critical materials (CMs) …

Enhanced uranium removal from acidic wastewater by phosphonate-functionalized ordered mesoporous silica: Surface chemistry matters the most

DA Giannakoudakis, I Anastopoulos, M Barczak… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The removal of uranium species from aqueous phases using non-hazardous chemicals is
still an open challenge, and remediation by adsorption is a prosperous strategy. Among the …

Ion-imprinted mesoporous silica for selective removal of uranium from highly acidic and radioactive effluent

S Yang, J Qian, L Kuang, D Hua - ACS applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
It is strategically important to recycle uranium from radioactive liquid wastes for future
uranium supply of nuclear energy. However, it is still a challenge to adsorb uranium …

Dual ion-imprinted mesoporous silica for selective adsorption of U (VI) and Cs (I) through multiple interactions

L Zhou, M Xu, J Yin, R Shui, S Yang… - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Separation of uranium and cesium from low-level radioactive effluents (LLRE) is of great
significance for sustainable development of the nuclear industry and for the environment …

Phytic acid-decorated porous organic polymer for uranium extraction under highly acidic conditions

L Liang, H Zhang, X Lin, K Yan, M Li, X Pan… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Although various kinds of adsorbents have good uranium adsorption capacity, they still meet
the challenge in capturing uranium under highly acidic condition. Therefore, efficiently …

Highly efficient sorption of U (VI) on TiO2 nanosheets supported by amidoxime polyacrylonitrile in a variety of multi-carbonate solutions

J Shu, J Liu, S Shi, J Wang, P Wu, Z Cheng… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural carbonate-rich uranium-containing water contributes to the formation of multi-
carbonate solutions, including U (VI)–CO 3, Mg/Ca–U (VI)–CO 3, U (VI)–P–CO 3, and U (VI) …

High surface-area amidoxime-based polymer fibers co-grafted with various acid monomers yielding increased adsorption capacity for the extraction of uranium from …

Y Oyola, S Dai - Dalton Transactions, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Uranium is dissolved in the ocean at a uniform concentration of 3.34 ppb, which translates to
approximately 4–5 billion tons of uranium. The development of adsorbents that can extract …

Synthesis of enhanced phosphonic functional groups mesoporous silica for uranium selective adsorption from aqueous solutions

H Sarafraz, A Minuchehr, GH Alahyarizadeh… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Enhanced phosphonic functional group (PFG)-based mesoporous silicas (MSs) were
synthesized by hydrothermal method for uranium [U (VI)] selective adsorption from aqueous …

Preparation of amidoxime functionalized SBA-15 with platelet shape and adsorption property of U (VI)

G Ji, G Zhu, X Wang, Y Wei, J Yuan, C Gao - Separation and Purification …, 2017 - Elsevier
A novel amidoxime (AO) functionalized SBA-15 (AO@ SBA-15) with platelet shape and short
channels, was prepared by the amidoximation reaction of hydroxylamine with cyanoethyl …