Issue 34, 2017, Issue in Progress

An amino-coordination metal–organic framework for highly selective C2H2/CH4 and C2H2/C2H4 separations through the appropriate control of window sizes

Abstract

The efficient separation of C2H2 versus C2H4 and CH4 to obtain high-purity C2H2 and C2H4 is of significance for making full, economic use of these raw chemicals. Herein, an amino-coordination microporous metal–organic framework ZJU-198, ZnL·DMF (ZJU = Zhejiang University, L = (2E,2E′)-3,3′-(5-amino-1,3-phenylene)diacrylic acid, DMF = N,N′-dimethylformamide), has been demonstrated as a valuable adsorbent for C2H2/C2H4 and C2H2/CH4 separations. The activated ZJU-198a exhibits moderate C2H2 uptakes (99.4 cm3 cm−3 for 273 K and 98.4 cm3 cm−3 for 298 K under 1.0 bar) and moderately high C2H2/C2H4 selectivity (5.8 to 7.7 at 273 K and 4.8 to 7.2 at 298 K). Specifically, the C2H2/CH4 selectivity of ZJU-198a reaches up to 497.9 and 391.1 at 273 K and 298 K, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, the C2H2/CH4 selectivity coefficients of ZJU-198a at both 298 K and 273 K are the highest values among the reported metal–organic frameworks, meaning that there is bright potential for ZJU-198a in hydrocarbon storage and separation.

Graphical abstract: An amino-coordination metal–organic framework for highly selective C2H2/CH4 and C2H2/C2H4 separations through the appropriate control of window sizes

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
06 Mar 2017
Accepted
30 Mar 2017
First published
11 Apr 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 20795-20800

An amino-coordination metal–organic framework for highly selective C2H2/CH4 and C2H2/C2H4 separations through the appropriate control of window sizes

L. Zhang, X. Cui, H. Xing, Y. Yang, Y. Cui, B. Chen and G. Qian, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 20795 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA02741A

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