Volume 64, Issue 24 e202507442
Research Article

Optimizing Charge Separated Synergistic Binding Sites in Self-Healing Crystalline Porous Organic Salts for Benchmark Trace Alkyne/Alkene Separation

Yunjia Jiang

Yunjia Jiang

Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 P.R. China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Lingyao Wang

Lingyao Wang

Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 P.R. China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Guolong Xing

Guolong Xing

Institute of Advanced Fluorine-Containing Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 China

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Changhong Liu

Changhong Liu

Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 P.R. China

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Guangzu Xiong

Guangzu Xiong

Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 P.R. China

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Danling Sun

Danling Sun

Institute of Advanced Fluorine-Containing Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 China

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Jianbo Hu

Jianbo Hu

Research Center for New Materials Computing, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, 311100 P.R. China

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Weidong Zhu

Weidong Zhu

Institute of Advanced Fluorine-Containing Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 China

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Zonglin Gu

Zonglin Gu

College of Physical Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, 225009 P.R. China

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Banglin Chen

Banglin Chen

Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 P.R. China

Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, College of Chemistry & Materials Science, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350007 P.R. China

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Teng Ben

Corresponding Author

Teng Ben

Institute of Advanced Fluorine-Containing Materials, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 China

E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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Yuanbin Zhang

Corresponding Author

Yuanbin Zhang

Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Catalysis Materials, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321004 P.R. China

Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Crystalline Materials Chemistry, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, 341000 P.R. China

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First published: 08 April 2025
Citations: 2

Graphical Abstract

A charge-separated, self-healing, crystalline, porous organic salt with multiple optimizing synergistic electropositive and electronegative sites is reported for benchmark short-chain alkyne/alkene separation with record selectivity.

Abstract

The separation of trace alkyne (C2H2/C3H4) impurities from alkenes (C2H4/C3H6) is a significant but challenging process to produce polymer-grade C2H4 and C3H6. Herein, we reported an optimally designed charge-separated organic framework, crystalline porous organic salt (CPOS-1), with confined polar channels for highly efficient alkyne/alkene separation. CPOS-1 exhibits excellent stability, remarkably high C2H2 (18.4 cm3 g−1) and C3H4 (20.9 cm3 g−1) uptakes at 0.01 bar and 298 K, and benchmark C2H2/C2H4 (25.1) and C3H4/C3H6 (43.9) separation selectivities for 1/99 alkyne/alkene mixtures. The practical alkyne/alkene separation performance was completely identified by breakthrough-column experiments under various conditions with excellent cycle stability and high alkene productivities (C2H4: 216.6 L kg−1; C3H6: 162.4 L kg−1). Theoretical calculations indicated that pore aperture in CPOS-1 acts as a tailored single-molecule trap, where alkynes are captured by multiple synergistic electropositive and electronegative sites, thus enhancing alkyne recognition. Furthermore, the ease of rehealing facilitates its practical application, transcending the limitations of the metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs).

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available in the Supporting Information of this article.

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