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Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of carbon doped with phosphorus for uranium(VI) adsorption

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In this study, hydrothermal carbon doped with phosphorus using phytic acid (PA) and Sodium tripolyphosphate as functional monomers was successfully synthesized by the hydrothermal route combined with microwave-assisted hydrothermal carbon as matrix material. The uranium(VI) adsorption capacity by phytic acid functionalized microwave-assisted hydrothermal carbon (MHC-PA) was up to 382.2 mg/g at pH of 6.0 and the temperature of 298.15 K. The adsorption mechanism of uranium(VI) onto the MHC-PA was mainly the chelation of P=O, P–OH functional group and uranium(VI), which improves the selective adsorption performance of MHC-PA for uranium(VI).

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The authors would like to thank the technology support of Engineering Research Center of Biomass Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest University of Science and Technology. This work was sponsored by Longshan academic talent research support plan of Southwest University of Science and Technology (18LZX315) and Military special research projects on decommissioning of nuclear facilities and radioactive waste treatment (14zg6101).

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    Lan Liu, Xiaoyan Lin, Mengsha Li, Huanhuan Chu, Hongyi Wang, Yu Xie, Meijuan Liu, Lili Liang & Hongying Gong

  2. Engineering Research Center of Biomass Materials, Ministry of Education, Mianyang, 621010, Sichuan, China

    Lan Liu, Xiaoyan Lin, Huanhuan Chu, Yu Xie, Lili Liang, Hongying Gong, Jian Zhou & Xuegang Luo

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  4. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, China

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Liu, L., Lin, X., Li, M. et al. Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis of carbon doped with phosphorus for uranium(VI) adsorption. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 327, 73–89 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-020-07453-6

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