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 …

Surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization: state-of-the-art, opportunities, and challenges in surface and interface engineering with polymer brushes

JO Zoppe, NC Ataman, P Mocny, J Wang… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The generation of polymer brushes by surface-initiated controlled radical polymerization (SI-
CRP) techniques has become a powerful approach to tailor the chemical and physical …

Synthesis of novel nanomaterials and their application in efficient removal of radionuclides

X Wang, L Chen, L Wang, Q Fan, D Pan, J Li… - Science China …, 2019 - Springer
With the development of nuclear energy, large amounts of radionuclides are inevitably
released into the natural environment. It is necessary to eliminate radionuclides from …

Significantly enhanced uranium extraction from seawater with mass produced fully amidoximated nanofiber adsorbent

D Wang, J Song, J Wen, Y Yuan, Z Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The oceans contain hundreds of times more uranium than terrestrial ores. Fiber‐based
adsorption is considered to be the most promising method to realize the industrialization of …

Highly efficient uranium adsorption by salicylaldoxime/polydopamine graphene oxide nanocomposites

Y Qian, Y Yuan, H Wang, H Liu, J Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Uranium is the main element for nuclear energy production and is one of the most
hazardous radionuclides; its effective enrichment plays a key role in energy strategy and …

Ultrafast and highly selective uranium extraction from seawater by hydrogel‐like spidroin‐based protein fiber

Y Yuan, Q Yu, J Wen, C Li, Z Guo, X Wang… - Angewandte …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For the practical extraction of uranium from seawater, adsorbents with high adsorption
capacity, fast equilibrium rate, high selectivity, and long service life are needed. Herein, a …

Functional fibrous materials-based adsorbents for uranium adsorption and environmental remediation

F Ma, Y Gui, P Liu, Y Xue, W Song - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Uranium adsorption and recovery becomes more and more important with the rapid growth
of the nuclear industry. Compared with the typical uranium adsorbents such as inorganic …

A universally applicable strategy for construction of anti‐biofouling adsorbents for enhanced uranium recovery from seawater

Q Yu, Y Yuan, J Wen, X Zhao, S Zhao… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The ocean reserves 4.5 billion tons of uranium and amounts to a nearly inexhaustible
uranium supply. Biofouling in the ocean is one of the most severe factors that hazard …