DOI: 10.1039/d6mh00826g ISSN: 2051-6347

Modulating tris-acid integrated proton-confined motifs for efficient uranium extraction from natural seawater

Lu Luo, Suming Zhang, Sirui Li, Bo Wang, Yajie Yang, Cheng Zhang, Doudou Cao, Yingbo Song, Yue Zheng, Jiarui Cao, Yonghao Zhu, Xinbo Li, Ye Yuan

We report porous adsorbents featuring tris-acid integrated proton-confined motifs restraining proton release to lower the [UO 2 (CO 3 ) 3 ] 4− dissociation energy. The tricarboxylate-based MIPAF-17 delivers prominent uranium uptake in natural seawater.

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