A Microporous Metal-Organic Framework with Unique Aromatic Pore Surfaces for High Performance C2H6/C2H4 Separation
Dr. Yingxiang Ye
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
Search for more papers by this authorYi Xie
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Yanshu Shi
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Lingshan Gong
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Abdullah M. Al-Enizi
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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Prof. Banglin Chen
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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Prof. Shengqian Ma
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Yingxiang Ye
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
Search for more papers by this authorYi Xie
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Yanshu Shi
Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX, 78249 USA
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Lingshan Gong
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Joshua Phipps
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Abdullah M. Al-Enizi
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
Search for more papers by this authorProf. Ayman Nafady
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11451 Saudi Arabia
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Prof. Banglin Chen
College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 China
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Prof. Shengqian Ma
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, 1508 W Mulberry St., Denton, TX, 76201 USA
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Benefiting from the unblocked unique aromatic pore surfaces, suitable pore spaces and pore volumes, Ni-MOF 2 displays high separation performance for C2H6/C2H4 separation and produces polymer-grade C2H4 with high productivity (12 L kg−1) by a single separation process.
Abstract
Developing adsorptive separation processes based on C2H6-selective sorbents to replace energy-intensive cryogenic distillation is a promising alternative for C2H4 purification from C2H4/C2H6 mixtures, which however remains challenging. During our studies on two isostructural metal–organic frameworks (Ni-MOF 1 and Ni-MOF 2), we found that Ni-MOF 2 exhibited significantly higher performance for C2H6/C2H4 separation than Ni-MOF-1, as clearly established by gas sorption isotherms and breakthrough experiments. Density-Functional Theory (DFT) studies showed that the unblocked unique aromatic pore surfaces within Ni-MOF 2 induce more and stronger C−H⋅⋅⋅π with C2H6 over C2H4 while the suitable pore spaces enforce its high C2H6 uptake capacity, featuring Ni-MOF 2 as one of the best porous materials for this very important gas separation. It generates 12 L kg−1 of polymer-grade C2H4 product from equimolar C2H6/C2H4 mixtures at ambient conditions.
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