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Preparation of ion-doped amorphous titanium phosphates and their adsorption properties for U(VI)

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Amorphous titanium phosphates (ATP) doped with NH4+, K+, Na+, and Li+ ions (ATP-M, M = NH4, K, Na, and Li) were prepared by a co-precipitation method. The SEM&EDS, TGA, XRD characterizations displayed that ATP-M was successfully synthesized, and the doping of NH4+, K+, Na+, and Li+ ions did not change the crystal form of ATP. The results revealed that the optimum pH value for U(VI) extraction on ATP-M was determined to be 5.0. Moreover, the saturated adsorption capacity obtained by the Langmuir equation for ATP-NH4, ATP-K, ATP-Na, and ATP-Li was 505.1, 366.1, 273.3, and 144.1 mg g−1, respectively. Furthermore, the interaction between ATP-M and U(VI) was discussed. In short, ATP-NH4 may be an effective adsorbent to remove of U(VI) in wastewater due to its high adsorption ability.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21866003, 21906017), Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 20202BABL213026 and 20202BABL203016).

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LX wrote the entire draft of the manuscript. Written review and editing of the article by YW. The core conceptual idea and study design were all provided by XC and YL. The preparation and adsorptive experiments were conducted out with WC. Material preparation and data analysis and characterization analysis of the adsorbents was worked out through QL and LC.

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Xiong, L., Wang, Y., Cui, W. et al. Preparation of ion-doped amorphous titanium phosphates and their adsorption properties for U(VI). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1303–1314 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08778-8

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