The
recovery of uranium from seawater is of great concern because of the
growing demand for nuclear energy. Though amidoxime-functionalized
adsorbents as the most promising adsorbents have been widely used
for this purpose, their low selectivity and vulnerability to biofouling
have limited their application in real marine environments. Herein,
a new bifunctional phosphorylcholine-modified adsorbent (PVC–PC)
is disclosed. The PVC–PC fiber is found to be suitable for
use in the pH range of seawater and metals that commonly coexist with
uranium, such as alkali and alkaline earth metals, transition metals,
and lanthanide metals, have no obvious effect on its uranium adsorption
capacity. PVC–PC shows better selectivity and adsorption capacity
than the commonly used amidoxime-functionalized adsorbent. Furthermore,
PVC–PC fiber exhibits excellent antibacterial properties which
could reduce the effects of biofouling caused by marine microorganisms.
Because of its good selectivity and antibacterial property, phosphorylcholine-based
material shows great potential as a new generation adsorbent for uranium
recovery from seawater.
Developing crystalline porous materials with highly efficient CO 2 selective adsorption capacity is one of the key challenges to carbon capture and storage (CCS). In current studies, much more attention has been paid to the crystalline and porous properties of crystalline porous materials for CCS, while the defects, which are unavoidable and ubiquitous, are relatively neglected. Herein, for the first time, we propose a monomersymmetry regulation strategy for directional defect release to achieve in situ functionalization of COFs while exposing uniformly distributed defect-aldehyde groups as functionalization sites for selective CO 2 capture. The regulated defective COFs possess high crystallinity, good structural stability, and a large number of organized and functionalized aldehyde sites, which exhibit one of the highest selective separation values of all COF sorbing materials in CO 2 /N 2 selective adsorption (128.9 cm 3 /g at 273 K and 1 bar, selectivity: 45.8 from IAST). This work not only provides a new strategy for defect regulation and in situ functionalization of COFs but also provides a valuable approach in the design and preparation of new adsorbents for CO 2 adsorption and CO 2 /N 2 selective separation.
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