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A case study for the uranyl recovery over magnetically retrievable Cu-BTC@Fe3O4 nanocomposites

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A magnetic Metal–Organic Framework (MOF) nanocomposite, namely Cu-BTC@Fe3O4 (BTC = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) was used for magnetically retrievable separation of uranyl (UO22+) in the presence of competitive ions. A significant adsorption amount of 312 mg/g was achieved for uranium over Cu-BTC@Fe3O4 at a pH value of 4.5. Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) analysis indicated that the interaction of Cu-BTC@Fe3O4 with UO22+ is the synergistic coordination of carboxylate groups of BTC ligand, Fe3O4-COOH, and hydrate H2O for UO22+ ions. In addition to identifying a stable and retrievable adsorbent, the results generally elucidate UO22+ removal of MOFs composites.

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This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (12175024 and 11775037), the Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology (BM2012110) and the Qinglan Project of Jiangsu Province. We also acknowledge the crew of the 1W1B beamline of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility for their constructive assistance in the course of EXAFS measurements and data analyses.

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Conceptualization: LYY, ZHZ; Methodology: ZHS, PPS, ZHZ; Formal analysis and investigation: ZHS, PPS, ZJL; Data curation: LYW, WLB; Writing—original draft preparation: ZHS, PPS; Writing—review and editing: ZHZ, LYY; Funding acquisition: ZHZ; Supervision: WQS.

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Sun, ZH., Sheng, PP., Li, ZJ. et al. A case study for the uranyl recovery over magnetically retrievable Cu-BTC@Fe3O4 nanocomposites. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 1667–1675 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08878-5

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