Engineering Pore Environments of Sulfate-Pillared Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient C2 H2 /CO2 Separation with Record Selectivity. 2023

Xing Liu, and Peixin Zhang, and Hanting Xiong, and Yan Zhang, and Ke Wu, and Junhui Liu, and Rajamani Krishna, and Jingwen Chen, and Shixia Chen, and Zheling Zeng, and Shuguang Deng, and Jun Wang
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering School, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, 330031, China.

Engineering pore environments exhibit great potential in improving gas adsorption and separation performances but require specific means for acetylene/carbon dioxide (C2 H2 /CO2 ) separation due to their identical dynamic diameters and similar properties. Herein, a novel sulfate-pillared MOF adsorbent (SOFOUR-TEPE-Zn) using 1,1,2,2-tetra(pyridin-4-yl) ethene (TEPE) ligand with dense electronegative pore surfaces is reported. Compared to the prototype SOFOUR-1-Zn, SOFOUR-TEPE-Zn exhibits a higher C2 H2 uptake (89.1 cm3 g-1 ), meanwhile the CO2 uptake reduces to 14.1 cm3 g-1 , only 17.4% of that on SOFOUR-1-Zn (81.0 cm3 g-1 ). The high affinity toward C2 H2 than CO2 is demonstrated by the benchmark C2 H2 /CO2 selectivity (16 833). Furthermore, dynamic breakthrough experiments confirm its application feasibility and good cyclability at various flow rates. During the desorption cycle, 60.1 cm3 g-1 C2 H2 of 99.5% purity or 33.2 cm3 g-1 C2 H2 of 99.99% purity can be recovered by stepped purging and mild heating. The simulated pressure swing adsorption processes reveal that 75.5 cm3 g-1 C2 H2 of 99.5+% purity with a high gas recovery of 99.82% can be produced in a counter-current blowdown process. Modeling studies disclose four favorable adsorption sites and dense packing for C2 H2 .

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