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Introduction of phosphate groups into metal-organic frameworks to synthesize MIL-101(Cr)-PMIDA for selective adsorption of U(VI)

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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) MIL-101(Cr)-PMIDA with phosphate groups were prepared for the adsorption of U(VI). The morphology and structure of the samples were characterized by SEM, TEM, FT-IR, BET, XPS and XRD. This study investigated the effects of the initial U(VI) concentration, contact time, pH, adsorption temperature and coexisting ions on the adsorption of U(VI) by MIL-101(Cr)-PMIDA. The experimental results showed that the adsorption capacity of MIL-101(Cr)-PMIDA was 267.92 mg g−1 at C0 (U) = 40 mg L−1, pH = 6.0 and T = 298 K, which was much higher than that of MIL-101(Cr)-NH2 (71.10 mg g−1). More importantly, the material exhibited excellent selective removal performance for U(VI) in an aqueous solution. Furthermore, adsorption thermodynamics and kinetic studies showed that the adsorption was spontaneous (∆G < 0) and exothermic (∆H ˃ 0), following the pseudo-second-order kinetic model (R2 > 0.99).

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The financial support from the Hengyang Science and Technology Plan Project of China (NO. 202002042158) and the Hunan Province Natural Science Foundation of China (NO. 2020JJ4077 and NO. 2020JJ6050) are gratefully acknowledged.

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    Xibiao Fu & Guowen Peng

  2. School of Resources Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

    Jun Liu, Zheng Ren, Siqin Zhang & Guowen Peng

  3. School of Public Health, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

    Fangzhu Xiao

  4. Hunan Engineering Research Center for the Safety Control and Recycling of Radioactive Heavy Metal Pollutants, University of South China, Hengyang, 421001, Hunan, People’s Republic of China

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Fu, X., Liu, J., Ren, Z. et al. Introduction of phosphate groups into metal-organic frameworks to synthesize MIL-101(Cr)-PMIDA for selective adsorption of U(VI). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 331, 889–902 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-021-08161-5

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