Fig. 5: Adsorption and photocatalysis of uranium.

a Under visible light irradiation, the uranium adsorption capacity of PyN-DAB at pH 1.0–5.0. b The adsorption isotherm of UO22+ on PyN-DAB under dark and light irradiation (pH 4.0), the dotted lines are the fitting curve of Langmuir model. c The UO22+ adsorption kinetics on PyN-DAB under dark and light irradiation (pH 4.0). d The uranium removal rate of PyN-DAB in the presence of competitive cations (initial concentrations are 50 ppm), mixed solution, simulated solutions and four uranium mine wastewater samples. Error bars represent S.D. n = 3 independent experiments.