Electrochemical-Mediated Regenerable FeII Active Sites for Efficient Uranium Extraction at Ultra-Low Cell Voltage
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Prof. Yanyong Wang
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Yanjing Wang
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Minglei Song
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Siping Chen
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Jianrong Wei
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Jie You
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Bo Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
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Prof. Shuangyin Wang
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
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Prof. Yanyong Wang
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Yanjing Wang
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Minglei Song
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Siping Chen
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Jianrong Wei
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Jie You
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Bo Zhou
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
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Prof. Shuangyin Wang
State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 P. R. China
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This work coupled electrochemical mediated FeII/FeIII redox with uranium extraction and realized high efficiency uranium extraction under ultra-low cell voltage (−0.1 V) in seawater with 20 ppm UO2(NO3)2. The findings also provide inspiration for other metal resource recovery applications.
Abstract
Nano-reduced iron (NRI) is a promising uranium adsorbent due to its strong reducibility and good selectivity, but it still faces the challenges of slow kinetics, limited and non-renewable active sites. In this work, we realized high efficiency uranium extraction under ultra-low cell voltage (−0.1 V) in seawater with 20 ppm UO2(NO3)2 solution by coupling electrochemical mediated FeII/FeIII redox and uranium extraction. The adsorption capacity and extraction efficiency of NRI after electrochemical uranium extraction (EUE) could reach 452 mg/g and 99.1 %, respectively. Combined with quasi-operando/operando characterization technologies, we clarified the mechanism of EUE and revealed that continuously regenerating FeII active sites by electroreduction could significantly enhance the property of EUE. This work here provides a new electrochemical mediated and low energy consumption uranium extraction strategy which also provides a reference for other metal resource recovery.
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