New and Simple Synthetic Strategy for 2D Ultra-microporous Aromatic
Framework for Selective Uranium Capture in Liquid
Abstract
Economical uranium adsorption from seawater remains a crucial task for
energy and environmental safety. Aiming for improving the mass transfer
rate of uranium adsorption. Herein, a novel 2D porous aromatic
framework(PAF) based on nucleophilic substitution of 2,5-dichloro
benzonitrile was synthesized, with an ordered prous structure, excellent
stability and selectivity of uranium extraction from seawater. PAF shows
excellent uranium adsorption capacity of 637 mg/g and 3.22 mg/g in
simulated and real seawater because of highly accessible pores on the
walls of open channels. In addition, benefiting from the
super-hydrophilicity due to the presence of amidoxime groups attributes
high selectivity and ultrafast kinetics with an uptake rate of 0.43±0.03
mg/g.day and allowing half-saturation within 1.35±0.09 day. This
strategy demonstrates a potential of PAF not only in uranium trap but
also possess a power to monitor water quality. This technique can be
extended in other applications by sensible planning target ligands