TY - JOUR
T1 - Separation of Light Hydrocarbons through Selective Molecular Exclusion by a Microporous Metal–Organic Framework
AU - Wang, Hao
AU - Wang, Xin Long
AU - Li, Jing
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Materials Sciences and Engineering Division through grant no. DE-FG02-08ER46491. We would also like to acknowledge Micromeritics Instrument Corp. for the donation of a new 3Flex system through its Instrument Grant program.
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - [Zn2(sdc)2(bpe)] (compound 1, sdc=4,4′-stilbenedicarboxylate, bpe=1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane)), a doubly interpenetrated, pillared-layer microporous metal–organic framework has been solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure features a common Zn2(COO)4 paddle-wheel building unit. Compound 1 undergoes structural change upon solvent removal. The activated phase (compound 2) displays permanent porosity, excellent thermal/moisture stability, and interesting hydrocarbon adsorption properties. Gas adsorption experiments show that compound 1 selectively adsorbs saturated/unsaturated C2 hydrocarbons but excludes C3 and C4 hydrocarbons at room temperature. We have collected single-component adsorption isotherms of six light hydrocarbons and calculated adsorption selectivities of various binary hydrocarbon mixtures by ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST). The results show that compound 1 possesses remarkably high selectivity towards C2 over C3/C4 hydrocarbons and the separation is achieved by selective molecular exclusion.
AB - [Zn2(sdc)2(bpe)] (compound 1, sdc=4,4′-stilbenedicarboxylate, bpe=1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethane)), a doubly interpenetrated, pillared-layer microporous metal–organic framework has been solvothermally synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The structure features a common Zn2(COO)4 paddle-wheel building unit. Compound 1 undergoes structural change upon solvent removal. The activated phase (compound 2) displays permanent porosity, excellent thermal/moisture stability, and interesting hydrocarbon adsorption properties. Gas adsorption experiments show that compound 1 selectively adsorbs saturated/unsaturated C2 hydrocarbons but excludes C3 and C4 hydrocarbons at room temperature. We have collected single-component adsorption isotherms of six light hydrocarbons and calculated adsorption selectivities of various binary hydrocarbon mixtures by ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST). The results show that compound 1 possesses remarkably high selectivity towards C2 over C3/C4 hydrocarbons and the separation is achieved by selective molecular exclusion.
KW - adsorption
KW - hydrocarbon separation
KW - metal–organic frameworks
KW - microporous materials
KW - noncovalent interactions
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U2 - 10.1002/cplu.201600259
DO - 10.1002/cplu.201600259
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84976871544
VL - 81
SP - 872
EP - 876
JO - ChemPlusChem
JF - ChemPlusChem
SN - 2192-6506
IS - 8
ER -