A microporous metal–organic framework assembled from an aromatic tetracarboxylate for H2 purification

Yabing He; Shengchang Xiang; Zhangjing Zhang; Shunshun Xiong; Chuande Wu; Wei Zhou; Taner Yildirim; Rajamani Krishna; Banglin Chen

doi:10.1039/C2TA01260J

A microporous metal–organic framework assembled from an aromatic tetracarboxylate for H₂ purification†

Yabing He,^a Shengchang Xiang,^b Zhangjing Zhang,^b Shunshun Xiong,^a Chuande Wu,^c Wei Zhou,^de Taner Yildirim,^df Rajamani Krishna*^g and Banglin Chen*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, Texas 78249-0698, USA
E-mail: Banglin.Chen@utsa.edu
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^b Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials, Fujian Normal University, 3 Shangsan Road, Cangshang Region, Fuzhou 350007, China

^c Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China

^d NIST Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6102, USA

^e Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

^f Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6272, USA

^g Van't Hoff Institute of Molecular Science, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail: r.krishna@uva.nl

Abstract

A NbO-type metal–organic framework UTSA-40 constructed from a novel aromatic tetracarboxylate has been synthesized and structurally characterized. With open metal sites, suitable pore spaces and a moderate BET surface area of 1630 m² g⁻¹ for the recognition of CO₂ and CH₄, the activated UTSA-40a has the potential for use in H₂ purification processes conducted in fixed bed adsorbers, with higher productivities and lower regeneration costs than those obtained with conventionally used NaX and LTA-5A zeolites when operating at higher pressure. Furthermore, its regeneration cost is also lower than that of the examined MOFs MgMOF-74 and Cu-TDPAT despite its lower productivity.

This article is part of the themed collection: 2013 Journal of Materials Chemistry A Hot Papers

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2TA01260J
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 26 11 2012
Accepted: 11 12 2012
First published: 12 12 2012

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J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013,1, 2543-2551

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A microporous metal–organic framework assembled from an aromatic tetracarboxylate for H₂ purification

Y. He, S. Xiang, Z. Zhang, S. Xiong, C. Wu, W. Zhou, T. Yildirim, R. Krishna and B. Chen, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2013, 1, 2543 DOI: 10.1039/C2TA01260J

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