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Ion sieving in graphene oxide membrane enables efficient actinides/lanthanides separation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:261. [PMID: 36650148 PMCID: PMC9845371 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35942-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Separation of actinides from lanthanides is of great importance for the safe management of nuclear waste and sustainable development of nuclear energy, but it represents a huge challenge due to the chemical complexity of these f-elements. Herein, we report an efficient separation strategy based on ion sieving in graphene oxide membrane. In the presence of a strong oxidizing reagent, the actinides (U, Np, Pu, Am) in a nitric acid solution exist in the high valent and linear dioxo form of actinyl ions while the lanthanides (Ce, Nd, Eu, Gd, etc.) remain as trivalent/tetravalent spheric ions. A task-specific graphene oxide membrane with an interlayer nanochannel spacing between the sizes of hydrated actinyl ions and lanthanides ions is tailored and used as an ionic cut-off filter, which blocks the larger and linear actinyl ions but allows the smaller and spheric lanthanides ions to penetrate through, affording lanthanides/actinides separation factors up to ~400. This work realizes the group separation of actinides from lanthanides under highly acidic conditions by a simple ion sieving strategy and highlights the great potential of utilizing graphene oxide membrane for nuclear waste treatment.
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Dong X, Yan Q, Wang Z, Feng X, Chen J, Xu C. Group Separation of Hexavalent Actinides from Lanthanides through Selective Extraction by Sterically Hindered 2-Ethylhexyl Phosphonic Acid Mono-2-ethylhexyl Ester. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.2c03337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Xue Dong
- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P. R. China
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Efficient UO22+ extraction by DAPhens with asymmetric terminal groups: The molecular design, spectral titration, liquid-liquid extraction and mechanism study. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2021.120046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Yang X, Wang S, Xu L, Yan Q, Xu C, Matveev P, Lei L, Xiao C. New tetradentate N, O-hybrid phenanthroline-derived organophosphorus extractants for the separation and complexation of trivalent actinides and lanthanides. Inorg Chem Front 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2qi01153k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Comparison of the extraction and separation properties between two novel phenanthroline-derived organophosphorus ligands, Et-Ph-BPPhen and Et-Ph-PIPhen.
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- Xiao Yang
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Radiochemistry Division, Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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Xiao CL, Wang CZ, Mei L, Zhang XR, Wall N, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Europium, uranyl, and thorium-phenanthroline amide complexes in acetonitrile solution: an ESI-MS and DFT combined investigation. Dalton Trans 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt01766a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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ESI-MS and density functional theory (DFT) methods were combined to elucidate the complexation mechanisms of tetradentate phenanthroline amide ligand with Eu(iii), U(vi), and Th(iv) in an acetonitrile solution.
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- Cheng-Liang Xiao
- School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
- China
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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- Chemistry Department
- Washington State University
- Pullman 99164-4630
- USA
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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- School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
- Soochow University
- Suzhou 215123
- China
- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
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- Laboratory of Nuclear Energy Chemistry and Key Laboratory For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety
- Institute of High Energy Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100049
- China
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Wilden A, Modolo G, Kaufholz P, Sadowski F, Lange S, Sypula M, Magnusson D, Müllich U, Geist A, Bosbach D. Laboratory-Scale Counter-Current Centrifugal Contactor Demonstration of an Innovative-SANEX Process Using a Water Soluble BTP. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2014.952532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Xiao CL, Wang CZ, Yuan LY, Li B, He H, Wang S, Zhao YL, Chai ZF, Shi WQ. Excellent Selectivity for Actinides with a Tetradentate 2,9-Diamide-1,10-Phenanthroline Ligand in Highly Acidic Solution: A Hard–Soft Donor Combined Strategy. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:1712-20. [DOI: 10.1021/ic402784c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Cheng-Liang Xiao
- Key Laboratory of
Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory
For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute
of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of
Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory
For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute
of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of
Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory
For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute
of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Division of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, P.R. China
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- Division of Radiochemistry, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, P.R. China
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- School of Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of
Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory
For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute
of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of
Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory
For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute
of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
- School of Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of
Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology and Key Laboratory
For Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute
of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P.R. China
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Wilden A, Modolo G, Schreinemachers C, Sadowski F, Lange S, Sypula M, Magnusson D, Geist A, Lewis FW, Harwood LM, Hudson MJ. Direct Selective Extraction of Actinides (III) from PUREX Raffinate using a Mixture of CyMe4BTBP and TODGA as 1-cycle SANEX Solvent Part III: Demonstration of a Laboratory-Scale Counter-Current Centrifugal Contactor Process. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2013.775890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Andreas Wilden
- a Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6) , Jülich , Germany
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- a Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6) , Jülich , Germany
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- a Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6) , Jülich , Germany
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- a Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6) , Jülich , Germany
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- a Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6) , Jülich , Germany
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- a Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ), Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung, Nukleare Entsorgung und Reaktorsicherheit (IEK-6) , Jülich , Germany
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- b Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung (INE) , Karlsruhe , Germany
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- b Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung (INE) , Karlsruhe , Germany
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- c University of Reading, Department of Chemistry, Whiteknights , Reading , UK
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- c University of Reading, Department of Chemistry, Whiteknights , Reading , UK
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- c University of Reading, Department of Chemistry, Whiteknights , Reading , UK
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Sypula M, Wilden A, Schreinemachers C, Malmbeck R, Geist A, Taylor R, Modolo G. Use of Polyaminocarboxylic Acids as Hydrophilic Masking Agents for Fission Products in Actinide Partitioning Processes. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2012.700591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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