Efficient Uranium Reduction Extraction

Material Design and Reaction Mechanisms
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-527-35414-6
Verlag: Wiley-VCH GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

Covers fundamental aspects and the current state of the art methods in the field of uranium extraction.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhu, Wenkun

He, Rong

Chen, Tao

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Physikalische Chemie Nuklearchemie, Photochemie, Strahlenchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Anorganische Chemie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Atomenergietechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND OF URANIUM CHEMISTRY
1.1 Introduction of uranium in nuclear industry
1.2 Coordination and species of uranium
 
CHAPTER 2 INTRODUCTION OF URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION
2.1 Introduction of uranium extraction
2.2 Introduction of uranium reduction extraction
2.3 Key factors to influence the uranium reduction extraction
 
CHAPTER 3 URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION BY MODIFIED NANO ZERO-VALENT IRON
3.1 Introduction of nano zero-valent iron
3.2 Material design for promoted stability and reductive ability
3.3 Uranium extraction performance
3.4 Reaction mechanism
3.5 Conclusion and future perspectives
 
CHAPTER 4 URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION BY COMMERCIAL IRON POWDER
4.1 Introduction of alternative abundant reductant-commercial iron powder
4.2 Ultrasound enhancement of uranium extraction by commercial iron powder
4.3 Microbial sulfurization enhanced commercial iron powder extraction of uranium
4.4 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 5 PHOTOCATALYTIC URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION BY CARBON-SEMICONDUCTOR HYBRID MATERIAL
5.1 Introduction of photocatalytic uranium reduction extraction
5.2 Motivated material design of carbon-semiconductor hybrid material
5.3 Band engineering of carbon-semiconductor hybrid material
5.4 Assembly of carbon-semiconductor hybrid material for facile recycle use
5.5 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 6 PHOTOCATALYTIC URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION BY SURFACE RECONSTRUCTED SEMICONDUCTOR
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Design of hydrogen-incorporated semiconductor-hydrogen-assisted coordination
6.3 Hydrogen-incorporated oxidized WS2Vacancy engineering
6.4 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 7 ENHANCED PHOTOCATALYTIC URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION BY ELECTRON ENHANCEMENT
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Plasmonic enhancement of uranium extraction
7.3 Promotion of electron energy by up conversion-case of Er doping
7.4 Enhanced by co-catalysis
7.5 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 8 PHOTOCATALYTIC URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION IN TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE-KEROSENE SYSTEM
8.1 Introduction of tributyl phosphate-kerosene system-spent fuel reprocessing
8.2 Material design-self oxidation of red phosphorus
8.3 Uranium extraction in tributyl phosphate-kerosene system
8.4 Reaction Mechanism-self oxidation cycle
8.5 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 9 PHOTOCATALYTIC URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION IN FLUORIDE-CONTAINING SYSTEM
9.1 Introduction of fluoride-containing system-production of nuclear fuel
9.2 Material design: charge separation interface
9.3 Uranium extraction in the presence of fluoride
9.4 Reaction Mechanism-charge-induced separation of uranyl and fluorion
9.5 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 10 ELECTROCHEMICAL URANIUM REDUCTION EXTRACTION: DESIGN OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS
10.1 Introduction of electrocatalytic uranium reduction extraction
10.2 Edge-site confinement for enhanced electrocatalytic uranium reduction extraction
10.3 Facet-dependent electrocatalytic uranium reduction extraction
10.4 Heterogeneous interface enhanced electrocatalytic uranium reduction extraction
10.5 Surface hydroxyl enhanced electrochemical extraction of uranium
10.6 Charge-separation engineering for electrocatalytic uranium reduction extraction
10.7 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 11 ELECTROCHEMICAL URANIUM EXTRACTION FROM SEAWATER-REPRODUCED VACANCY SITES
11.1 Introduction of electrocatalytic uranium extraction from seawater
11.2 High-selective site: oxygen vacancy
11.3 In-situ reproduction of oxygen vacancy drove by hydrogen spillover
11.4 Conclusion and perspectives
 
CHAPTER 12 ELECTROCHEMICAL URANIUM EXTRACTION FROM NUCLEAR WASTEWATER OF FUEL PRODUCTION
12.1 Introduction of nuclear wastewater of fuel production: ultrahigh concentration of fluoride
12.2 Material design-ion pair sites
12.3 Uranium extraction performance
12.4 Reaction mechanism-coordination and crystallization
12.5 Conclusion
 
CHAPTER 13 PERSPECTIVES AND EMERGING DIRECTIONS
13.1 Application in real situation
13.2 Criteria of performance evaluation
13.3 Device of uranium reduction extraction
 

Über Autor(innen)

Wenkun Zhu is the principal investigator in State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST), China. Having obtained his academic degrees from University of Science and Technology of China, he spent all of his career working for SWUST on nuclear industry. Professor Zhu has authored over 100 scientific publications with H-index of 38. He has also won many prizes in China in the field of radioactive chemistry.
 
Rong He is the professor in State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST), China. Having obtained his academic degrees from University of Science and Technology of China, he spent all of his career working for SWUST on nuclear industry since 2018. Professor He has authored over 40 scientific publications with H-index of 29.
 
Tao Chen is a professor in State Key Laboratory of Environment-friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology (SWUST), China. He obtained his academic degrees from University of Science and Technology of China, following by work in SWUST for radioactive chemistry. Professor Chen has authored over 30 scientific publications with H-index of 27.