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Recycle of U(VI) from aqueous solution by situ phosphorylation mesoporous carbon

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A new phosphorylated mesoporous carbon (CMK-3-PO4) was synthesized by situ phosphorylation of concentrated phosphoric acid (85 %) using mesoporous carbon (CMK-3) as a template. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity of adsorbents increased from 133.5 mg g−1 (CMK-3) to 485.4 mg g−1 (CMK-3-PO4) due to the extended oxygen functional groups, and the U(VI) adsorption on CMK-3-PO4 was endothermic and spontaneous in nature. The selective sorption ability of U(VI) was significantly improved after phosphorylation. The U(VI) in the CMK-3-PO4 could been eluted by 1.0 mol L−1 HCl and also had good reusing property, and this may offer the CMK-3-PO4 very promising application prospects.

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Acknowledgments

This work is financially supported by National Key Basic Research Development Program (973 Program) Project of China (Grant No. 2014CB460604), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21101024, 21201033, 21301028), National Undergraduate Training Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Grant No. 201210405006), Key Project of Chinese Ministry of Education (Grant No. 211086), the Young Scientists Training Program of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 20122BCB23023), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (Grant Nos. 20114BAB203002, 20122BAB203012, 20132BAB203027), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No. 20110490857), and Project of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education (Grant No. GJJ13452) and Open Project Foundation of Fundamental Science on Radioactive Geology and Exploration Technology Laboratory (East China Institute of Technology) (Grant No. RGET1311).

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    Yi-Dong Zou, Xiao-Hong Cao, Xuan-Ping Luo, Yan Liu, Rong Hua, Yun-Hai Liu & Zhi-Bin Zhang

  2. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China Institute of Technology, Ministry of Education, Nanchang, 330013, People’s Republic of China

    Yun-Hai Liu & Zhi-Bin Zhang

  3. School of Chemistry, Biological and Materials Sciences, East China Institute of Technology, Nanchang, 330013, People’s Republic of China

    Yi-Dong Zou, Xiao-Hong Cao, Xuan-Ping Luo, Yan Liu, Rong Hua, Yun-Hai Liu & Zhi-Bin Zhang

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Zou, YD., Cao, XH., Luo, XP. et al. Recycle of U(VI) from aqueous solution by situ phosphorylation mesoporous carbon. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 306, 515–525 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4133-2

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