Methoxy-functionalized covalent organic frameworks enable dipole-regulated charge separation and interfacial uranium recovery under ambient conditions.
Photocatalytic uranium (U) recovery from water offers a sustainable route to couple radionuclide remediation with resource recycling, but covalent organic framework (COF) photocatalysts remain limited by inefficient visible-light utilization, rapid exciton recombination, poor wettability, and sluggish interfacial redox...