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Insight into the structure-property relationship of UO2 nanoparticles

Gerber, Evgeny; Romanchuk, Anna Yu; Weiss, Stephan; Bauters, Stephen; Schacherl, Bianca ORCID iD icon 1; Vitova, Tonya ORCID iD icon 1; Hübner, René; Shams Aldin Azzam, Salim; Detollenaere, Dirk; Banerjee, Dipanjan; Butorin, Sergei M.; Kalmykov, Stepan N.; Kvashnina, Kristina O.
1 Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung (INE), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Highly crystalline UO2 nanoparticles (NPs) with sizes of 2–3 nm were produced by fast chemical deposition of uranium(IV) under reducing conditions at pH 8–11. The particles were then characterized by microscopy and spectroscopy techniques including high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-energy resolution fluorescence detection (HERFD) X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the U M4 edge and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy at the U L3 edge. The results of this investigation show that despite U(IV) being the dominant oxidation state of the freshly prepared UO2 NPs, they oxidize to U4O9 with time and under the X-ray beam, indicating the high reactivity of U(IV) under these conditions. Moreover, it was found that the oxidation process of NPs is accompanied by their growth in size to 6 nm. We highlight here the major differences and similarities of the UO2 NP properties to PuO2, ThO2 and CeO2 NPs.

Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung (INE)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsdatum 21.02.2021
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2052-1553, 2052-1545
KITopen-ID: 1000130511
HGF-Programm 54.11.11 (POF IV, LK 01) Accelerator Operation, Research and Development
Erschienen in Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers
Verlag Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Band 8
Heft 4
Seiten 1102-1110
Nachgewiesen in Web of Science
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Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000130511
Veröffentlicht am 19.03.2021
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1039/d0qi01140a
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