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The performance and mechanism of U(VI) removal from aqueous solutions by a metal–organic framework (DUT-69)

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A zirconium-based metal–organic framework (DUT-69) was fabricated via a hydrothermal synthesis for U(VI) removal in aqueous solutions. Experimental results showed that the maximum adsorption capacity for U(VI) was 362.32 mg·g−1 at 303 K, pH = 6 and initial U(VI) concentration of 80 mg L−1. The adsorption process fit well with the pseudo-second-order kinetic and Langmuir models. Various characterizations indicated that complexation interactions was the central adsorption mechanism and electrostatic was the secondary. The carboxyl, Zr–O, and C–S bonds in the framework participated in the adsorption process. Reusability experiments showed that 80.34% adsorption rate could be maintained after 5 cycles.

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The authors are grateful to the Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Technology and the Department of Municipal Engineering at the University of South China for providing the necessary facilities for the research.

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This research was supported by Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NO.51904155) and the key scientific research project of Education Bureau of Hunan Province (19A421).

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    Xiang Chen, Shuibo Xie, Guohua Wang, Haiyan Liu, Yu Guo, Siqin Yang, Shanshan Wu & Xiaoyang Liu

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    Shuibo Xie & Haiyan Liu

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Chen, X., Xie, S., Wang, G. et al. The performance and mechanism of U(VI) removal from aqueous solutions by a metal–organic framework (DUT-69). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 328, 181–194 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-07645-8

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