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Metal–Organic Framework-Intercalated Graphene Oxide Membranes for Selective Separation of Uranium

Authors :
Jinsheng Wu
Xin Zhang
Tianqi Liu
Hongdeng Qiu
Jia Chen
Zhan Li
Ziying Chen
Hongxin Tan
Source :
Analytical Chemistry. 93:16175-16183
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
American Chemical Society (ACS), 2021.

Abstract

Design and construction of a membrane that can achieve selective separation of uranium from spent fuel or seawater is a big challenge in the field of separation science. In this work, 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid (BTC) and three different nitrates (Zn/Ni/Cu) were used to prepare metal-organic frameworks (BTC-MOFs) with different pore sizes, and then, BTC-MOFs were intercalated into the interlayers of graphene oxide (GO) for preparing the composite membranes which presented selective separation of uranium with strong acid resistance. Composite membranes prepared by Zn/Ni/Cu-BTC-MOFs and GO can achieve the separation between ions of different valence states, and their permeability and selectivity depend on the membrane thickness, the acidity of driving solution, and the pore sizes of MOFs. Importantly, Cu-BTC-MOF-intercalated GO membranes can not only achieve the selective separation of Th4+ and UO22+ with a selectivity of ≈6 but also induce the ultra-high selectively separation of UO22+ and Ce3+ because the rejection rate of Ce3+ is about 100%. Moreover, the Zn-BTC-MOF-intercalated GO membrane shows an excellent selectivity of Th4+ and UO22+ with a selectivity of ≈25, and it may also achieve selective separation of uranium from seawater.

Details

ISSN :
15206882 and 00032700
Volume :
93
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Analytical Chemistry
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....40252820d5adac793103dfd5755872a7