Uranium extraction from seawater: material design, emerging technologies and marine engineering

Uranium extraction from seawater (UES), a potential approach to securing the long-term uranium supply and sustainability of nuclear energy, has experienced significant progress in the past decade. Promising adsorbents with record-high capacities have been developed by diverse innovative synthetic strategies, and scale-up marine field tests have been put forward by several countries. However, significant challenges remain in terms of the adsorbents' properties in complex marine environments, deployment methods, and the economic viability of current UES systems. This review presents an up-to-date overview of the latest advancements in the UES field, highlighting new insights into the mechanistic basis of UES and…

• WF
  Welch Foundation

  Award: B-0027
• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 22206104
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  National Outstanding Youth Science Fund Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Award: 21922604
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  National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents

  Award: BX2021142