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Chatterjee P, Volkov A, Mi J, Niu M, Sun S, Rossini AJ, Stanley LM, Huang W. Efficient Capture and Release of the Rare-Earth Element Neodymium in Aqueous Solution by Recyclable Covalent Organic Frameworks. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 38990189 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c06609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/12/2024]
Abstract
Rare-earth elements (REEs) are present in a broad range of critical materials. The development of solid adsorbents for REE capture could enable the cost-effective recycling of REE-containing magnets and electronics. In this context, covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are promising candidates for REE adsorption due to their exceptionally high surface area. Despite having attractive physical properties, COFs are heavily underutilized for REE capture applications due to their limited lifecycle in aqueous acidic environments, as well as synthetic challenges associated with the incorporation of ligands suitable for REE capture. Here, we show how the Ugi multicomponent reaction can be leveraged to postsynthetically modify imine-based COFs for the introduction of a diglycolic acid (DGA) moiety, an efficient scaffold for REE capture. The adsorption capacity of the DGA-functionalized COF was found to be more than 40 times higher than that of the pristine imine COF precursor and more than four times higher than that of the next-best reported DGA-functionalized solid support. This rationally designed COF has appealing characteristics of high adsorption capacity, fast and efficient capture and release of the REE ions, and reliable recyclability, making it one of the most promising adsorbents for solid-liquid REE ion extractions reported to date.
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- Puranjan Chatterjee
- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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- U.S. Department of Energy, Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, United States
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Peroutka AA, Galley SS, Shafer JC. Elucidating the speciation of extracted lanthanides by diglycolamides. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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Zhang M, Yang Z, Cui Y, Su J, Zhao H, Xu C, Liu X, Sun G, Peng X, Cui Y. Strategies for improving extraction capacity through preorganization structure: A novel 5, 6-bicyclicmalonamide extractant (THPPD). J RARE EARTH 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2023.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Zhang X, Zhang X, Zheng H, Kuang S, Liu X, Liao W. Yttrium Separation by Phosphorylcarboxylic Acid and the Underlying Tetrad Effect along Lanthanide Unveiled from Different Microscopic Interactions. FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2023.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Wang Y, Gong A, Qiu L, Zhang W, Traore M, Bai Y, Liu Y, Gao G, Zhao W, Qin W, Fan R, You Y, Chen Y. Preparation of pyrrolidinyl diglycolamide bonded silica particles and its rare earth separation properties. J Chromatogr A 2022; 1681:463396. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2022.463396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Preparation of ultra-high pure scandium oxide with crude product from titanium white waste acid. J RARE EARTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2022.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Traore M, Gong A, Wang Y, Qiu L, Bai Y, Zhao W, Liu Y, Chen Y, Liu Y, Wu H, Li S, You Y. Research progress of rare earth separation methods and technologies. J RARE EARTH 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jre.2022.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Wu J, Li Z, Tan H, Du S, Liu T, Yuan Y, Liu X, Qiu H. Highly Selective Separation of Rare Earth Elements by Zn-BTC Metal-Organic Framework/Nanoporous Graphene via In Situ Green Synthesis. Anal Chem 2020; 93:1732-1739. [PMID: 33355452 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c04407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Rare earth elements (REEs) are used widely in devices of many fields, but it is still a troublesome task to achieve their selective separation and purification. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as an emerging porous crystalline material have been used for selective separation of REEs using the size-selective crystallization properties. However, so far, almost all MOFs cannot be used directly for selective separation of REEs in strong acid via solid-state adsorption. Herein, a zinc-trimesic acid (Zn-BTC) MOF is grown by solid synthesis in situ on ZnO nanoparticles covering nanoporous graphene for preparing Zn-BTC MOF/nanoporous graphene composites with strong acid resistance. The adsorption capacity of the resulting composites to REEs is highly sensitive to the ionic radius, which may be attributed to the fact that the REE ions coordinate with O to form a stable structure. The selectivity of Ce/Lu is ≈10,000, and it is extremely important that the selectivity between adjacent REEs (e.g., Nd/Pr) is as high as ≈9.8, so the composite exhibits the best separation performance so far. This work provides a green, facile, scale, and effective synthesis strategy of Zn-BTC MOF/nanoporous graphene, which is hopefully applied directly in the separation industries of REEs.
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- Jinsheng Wu
- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China.,Lanzhou Ecological Environment Monitoring Center of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.,School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Lanzhou Ecological Environment Monitoring Center of Gansu Province, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioelectrochemistry & Environmental Analysis of Gansu Province, College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Chemistry of Northwestern Plant Resources and Key Laboratory for Natural Medicine of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.,College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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