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Electrochemical adsorption of cesium using a nickel hexacyanoferrate-doped porous carbon electrode

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In present paper, a porous carbon composite electrode, doped with nickel hexacyanoferrate, was prepared for electrochemical removal of cesium ions from aqueous solutions. Based upon the applied voltage of −3 V, a 100% adsorption was achieved in 3 h for the initial Cs+ concentration of 10 ppm in solution. The maximum capacity was 155.2 mg g−1 under optimized electrochemical conditions. The electrode was regenerated by applying a reverse voltage of 3 V. The removal efficiency remained 95% even after five consecutive adsorption–desorption cycles. The results suggested that the developed electrochemical method has strong potential for extracting cesium from aqueous solutions.

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Authors are grateful to the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 22066004, 22166002, 22261001). The authors also thank Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory for sample characterization assistance (2022RGET16).

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Wang, B., Lu, S., Dai, C. et al. Electrochemical adsorption of cesium using a nickel hexacyanoferrate-doped porous carbon electrode. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 332, 2589–2600 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-08923-3

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