The development of effective radioactive iodine adsorption materials from nuclear waste remains a significant challenge due to the drawbacks of the previous technologies such as complex synthesis process, high cost, and low stability. In this work, a Metal Oxidation-Carbon (MOC) composite material was designed and synthesized to solve this problem. The structure, composition, and physicochemical properties of this MOC were characterized to reveal its mesoporous material properties. Experiment results showed that this MOC material contain great physical and chemical adsorption efficiency towards iodine vapor, the adsorption capacity could up to 2647.54 mg/g. And the average desorption rate of 86.57% (in absolute ethanol) further proved its advanced recyclability. Moreover, this mesoporous material has great prospects in industrialization due to its simple one-step synthesis method, well-defined adsorption mechanism, and competitive application property.
Keywords: Clean energy; Iodine adsorption material; Nanomaterial; Nuclear waste disposal.
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