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Ion sieving in graphene oxide membrane enables efficient actinides/lanthanides separation

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  • Zhipeng Wang

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Liqin Huang

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Xue Dong

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Tong Wu

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Qi Qing

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Jing Chen

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Yuexiang Lu

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Chao Xu

    (Tsinghua University)

Abstract

Separation of actinides from lanthanides is of great importance for the safe management of nuclear waste and sustainable development of nuclear energy, but it represents a huge challenge due to the chemical complexity of these f-elements. Herein, we report an efficient separation strategy based on ion sieving in graphene oxide membrane. In the presence of a strong oxidizing reagent, the actinides (U, Np, Pu, Am) in a nitric acid solution exist in the high valent and linear dioxo form of actinyl ions while the lanthanides (Ce, Nd, Eu, Gd, etc.) remain as trivalent/tetravalent spheric ions. A task-specific graphene oxide membrane with an interlayer nanochannel spacing between the sizes of hydrated actinyl ions and lanthanides ions is tailored and used as an ionic cut-off filter, which blocks the larger and linear actinyl ions but allows the smaller and spheric lanthanides ions to penetrate through, affording lanthanides/actinides separation factors up to ~400. This work realizes the group separation of actinides from lanthanides under highly acidic conditions by a simple ion sieving strategy and highlights the great potential of utilizing graphene oxide membrane for nuclear waste treatment.

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  • Zhipeng Wang & Liqin Huang & Xue Dong & Tong Wu & Qi Qing & Jing Chen & Yuexiang Lu & Chao Xu, 2023. "Ion sieving in graphene oxide membrane enables efficient actinides/lanthanides separation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-35942-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35942-1
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