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Wang SM, Shivanna M, Zheng ST, Pham T, Forrest KA, Yang QY, Guan Q, Space B, Kitagawa S, Zaworotko MJ. Ethane/Ethylene Separations in Flexible Diamondoid Coordination Networks via an Ethane-Induced Gate-Opening Mechanism. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:4153-4161. [PMID: 38300827 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2024]
Abstract
Separating ethane (C2H6) from ethylene (C2H4) is an essential and energy-intensive process in the chemical industry. Here, we report two flexible diamondoid coordination networks, X-dia-1-Ni and X-dia-1-Ni0.89Co0.11, that exhibit gate-opening between narrow-pore (NP) and large-pore (LP) phases for C2H6, but not for C2H4. X-dia-1-Ni0.89Co0.11 thereby exhibited a type F-IV isotherm at 273 K with no C2H6 uptake and a high uptake (111 cm3 g-1, 1 atm) for the NP and LP phases, respectively. Conversely, the LP phase exhibited a low uptake of C2H4 (12.2 cm3 g-1). This C2H6/C2H4 uptake ratio of 9.1 for X-dia-1-Ni0.89Co0.11 far surpassed those of previously reported physisorbents, many of which are C2H4-selective. In situ variable-pressure X-ray diffraction and modeling studies provided insight into the abrupt C2H6-induced structural NP to LP transformation. The promise of pure gas isotherms and, more generally, flexible coordination networks for gas separations was validated by dynamic breakthrough studies, which afforded high-purity (99.9%) C2H4 in one step.
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- Shao-Min Wang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Republic of Ireland
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Fine Chemicals of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University, Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Republic of Ireland
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Chen HC, Lin LC. Computing Mixture Adsorption in Porous Materials through Flat Histogram Monte Carlo Methods. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:15380-15390. [PMID: 37861436 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
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Mixture adsorption properties of porous materials are critical to determine their potential as adsorbents in separation applications. Toward the discovery of optimal adsorbents, in silico screening studies typically employ the grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) technique to compute adsorption properties of gas mixtures in materials of interest at a given condition (i.e., composition, total pressure, and temperature) or to compute their adsorption properties for each component, followed by utilizing methods to predict mixture adsorption isotherms. However, the former approach results in the need for repeated calculations when different conditions such as compositions are considered. For the latter, the predictions may involve uncertainties, sometimes originating from the fitting quality to the pure component isotherms, and repeated simulations may also be needed for different temperatures. To this end, this study demonstrates the potential of flat histogram Monte Carlo methods in addressing the abovementioned shortfalls. Specifically, the so-called NVT + W method, first reported by Smit and co-workers, is extended herein to determine the macrostate probability distribution (MPD) of binary mixtures in porous materials. The obtained MPD can be reweighted to any conditions, yielding accurate adsorption isotherms of any desired compositions and temperatures. This approach, denoted as 2D NVT + W, is also compared with the widely adopted ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) method, and the former is found to offer more reliable predictions. Overall, the 2D NVT + W approach represents an efficient and effective alternative to compute mixture adsorption isotherms for porous materials, and the obtained MPD can be conveniently reused by peer researchers. A user-friendly Python code is also provided along with this article to employ this method.
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- Hsuan-Chu Chen
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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Wang J, Lian X, Zhang Z, Liu X, Zhao Q, Xu J, Cao X, Li B, Bu XH. Thiazole functionalized covalent triazine frameworks for C 2H 6/C 2H 4 separation with remarkable ethane uptake. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:11240-11243. [PMID: 37656125 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02880a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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A highly stable thiazole functionalized covalent triazine framework, namely CTF-BT-500, was developed for C2H6/C2H4 separation, which exhibits a record-high ethane uptake (99.7 cm3 g-1) among all reported COFs at 298 K and 1 bar. This work not only presents an excellent C2H6-selective adsorbent, but also provides guidance for the construction of robust adsorbents for value-added gas purification.
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- Junhua Wang
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, P. R. China.
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, National Institute for Advanced Materials, TKL of Metal and Molecule-Based Material Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, P. R. China.
- Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China
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Han Y, Meng L, Liu Y, Li H, Ji Z, Zhou Y, Wu M, Han Z. Expanding nonpolar pore surfaces in stable ethane-selective MOF to boost ethane/ethylene separation performance. Sep Purif Technol 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Crawford B, Timalsina U, Quach CD, Craven NC, Gilmer JB, McCabe C, Cummings PT, Potoff JJ. MoSDeF-GOMC: Python Software for the Creation of Scientific Workflows for the Monte Carlo Simulation Engine GOMC. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:1218-1228. [PMID: 36791286 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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MoSDeF-GOMC is a python interface for the Monte Carlo software GOMC to the Molecular Simulation Design Framework (MoSDeF) ecosystem. MoSDeF-GOMC automates the process of generating initial coordinates, assigning force field parameters, and writing coordinate (PDB), connectivity (PSF), force field parameter, and simulation control files. The software lowers entry barriers for novice users while allowing advanced users to create complex workflows that encapsulate simulation setup, execution, and data analysis in a single script. All relevant simulation parameters are encoded within the workflow, ensuring reproducible simulations. MoSDeF-GOMC's capabilities are illustrated through a number of examples, including prediction of the adsorption isotherm for CO2 in IRMOF-1, free energies of hydration for neon and radon over a broad temperature range, and the vapor-liquid coexistence curve of a four-component surrogate for the jet fuel S-8. The MoSDeF-GOMC software is available on GitHub at https://github.com/GOMC-WSU/MoSDeF-GOMC.
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- Brad Crawford
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202-4050, United States
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- Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1604, United States.,Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS) Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, United States
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- Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS) Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, United States.,Interdisciplinary Material Science Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-0106, United States
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- Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS) Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, United States.,Interdisciplinary Material Science Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-0106, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1604, United States.,Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS) Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235-1604, United States.,Multiscale Modeling and Simulation (MuMS) Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37212, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202-4050, United States
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Pérez-Botella E, Valencia S, Rey F. Zeolites in Adsorption Processes: State of the Art and Future Prospects. Chem Rev 2022; 122:17647-17695. [PMID: 36260918 PMCID: PMC9801387 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Zeolites have been widely used as catalysts, ion exchangers, and adsorbents since their industrial breakthrough in the 1950s and continue to be state-of the-art adsorbents in many separation processes. Furthermore, their properties make them materials of choice for developing and emerging separation applications. The aim of this review is to put into context the relevance of zeolites and their use and prospects in adsorption technology. It has been divided into three different sections, i.e., zeolites, adsorption on nanoporous materials, and chemical separations by zeolites. In the first section, zeolites are explained in terms of their structure, composition, preparation, and properties, and a brief review of their applications is given. In the second section, the fundamentals of adsorption science are presented, with special attention to its industrial application and our case of interest, which is adsorption on zeolites. Finally, the state-of-the-art relevant separations related to chemical and energy production, in which zeolites have a practical or potential applicability, are presented. The replacement of some of the current separation methods by optimized adsorption processes using zeolites could mean an improvement in terms of sustainability and energy savings. Different separation mechanisms and the underlying adsorption properties that make zeolites interesting for these applications are discussed.
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Jiang Y, Jia S, Liu XQ, Cui P, Sun LB. Selective adsorption of ethane over ethylene through a metal–organic framework bearing dense alkyl groups. Sep Purif Technol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.121330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Aljama HA, Head-Gordon M, Bell AT. Assessing the stability of Pd-exchanged sites in zeolites with the aid of a high throughput quantum chemistry workflow. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2910. [PMID: 35614062 PMCID: PMC9133006 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29505-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cation exchanged-zeolites are functional materials with a wide range of applications from catalysis to sorbents. They present a challenge for computational studies using density functional theory due to the numerous possible active sites. From Al configuration, to placement of extra framework cation(s), to potentially different oxidation states of the cation, accounting for all these possibilities is not trivial. To make the number of calculations more tractable, most studies focus on a few active sites. We attempt to go beyond these limitations by implementing a workflow for a high throughput screening, designed to systematize the problem and exhaustively search for feasible active sites. We use Pd-exchanged CHA and BEA to illustrate the approach. After conducting thousands of explicit DFT calculations, we identify the sites most favorable for the Pd cation and discuss the results in detail. The high throughput screening identifies many energetically favorable sites that are non-trivial. Lastly, we employ these results to examine NO adsorption in Pd-exchanged CHA, which is a promising passive NOx adsorbent (PNA) during the cold start of automobiles. The results shed light on critical active sites for NOx capture that were not previously studied.
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- Hassan A Aljama
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Hu P, Hu J, Wang H, Liu H, Zhou J, Liu Y, Wang Y, Ji H. One-Step Ethylene Purification by an Ethane-Screening Metal-Organic Framework. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:15195-15204. [PMID: 35315657 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c25005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Efficient purification of ethylene (C2H4) from ethane (C2H6) is a crucial but daunting task for the chemical industry given their similar physical natures and molecular dimensions. Reversed capture of C2H6 from C2H6/C2H4 dual-mixtures can be expected to directly yield high-purity C2H4 through a one-step separation unit, but it remains a daunting challenge. Here, we skillfully target an unusual "electrostatic-driven linker microrotation" (EDLM) in a Zr-MOF through coupling dual-ligands having electron-withdrawing/donating groups (e.g., F and CH3 motifs). EDLM triggered microrotation of linker geometry and screening sites not only enhanced structural rigidity and hydrophobic nature, etc., but also effectively purified C2H4 through reversely trapping C2H6. Under ambient conditions, 1 kg of activated 2 adsorbents directly produces 7.2 L of C2H4 with over 99.9%+ purity in a single breakthrough operation starting from the equimolar C2H6/C2H4 cracked mixtures. Geometrical models and simulations have revealed that EDLM-derived H-bonding interaction and microrotation of linker geometry, synergistically customized C2H6-selective screening sites and pore inert for reversed C2H6 capture and improved surface hydrophobicity. Adsorption isotherms, modeling simulations, and breakthrough tests based on pressure swing adsorption (PSA) conditions have jointly elucidated the underlying separation properties for C2H4 purification. The enhanced hydrophobic nature, cycling durability, and separation property awarded 2 a new benchmark adsorbent to purify the olefin/paraffin mixtures.
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- Peng Hu
- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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- Fine Chemical Industry Research Institute, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P.R. China
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Jin F, Lin E, Wang T, Geng S, Wang T, Liu W, Xiong F, Wang Z, Chen Y, Cheng P, Zhang Z. Bottom-Up Synthesis of 8-Connected Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Highly Efficient Ethylene/Ethane Separation. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:5643-5652. [PMID: 35313103 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Developing cost-/energy-efficient separation techniques for purifying ethylene from an ethylene/ethane mixture is highly important but very challenging in the industrial process. Herein, using a bottom-up [8 + 2] construction approach, we rationally designed and synthesized three three-dimensional covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with 8-connected bcu networks, which can selectively remove ethane from an ethylene/ethane mixture with high efficiency. These COF materials, which are fabricated by the condensation reaction of a customer-designed octatopic aldehyde monomer with linear diamino linkers, possess high crystallinity, good structural robustness, and high porosity. Attributed to the well-organized micro-sized pores with a nonpolar/inert pore environment, these COFs display high ethane adsorption capacity and good selectivity over ethylene, making them among the best ethane-selective adsorbents for ethylene purification. Their excellent ethylene/ethane separation performance is validated by dynamic breakthrough experiments with high-purity ethylene (>99.99%) produced through a single adsorption process. The separation performance surpasses all reported C2H6-selective COFs and even some benchmark metal-organic frameworks. This work provides important guidance for the design of new adsorbents for value-added gas purification.
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- Fazheng Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry, Ministry of Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.,Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Computational Screening of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Ethylene Purification from Ethane/Ethylene/Acetylene Mixture. NANOMATERIALS 2022; 12:nano12050869. [PMID: 35269357 PMCID: PMC8912675 DOI: 10.3390/nano12050869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Identification of high-performing sorbent materials is the key step in developing energy-efficient adsorptive separation processes for ethylene production. In this work, a computational screening of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for the purification of ethylene from the ternary ethane/ethylene/acetylene mixture under thermodynamic equilibrium conditions is conducted. Modified evaluation metrics are proposed for an efficient description of the performance of MOFs for the ternary mixture separation. Two different separation schemes are proposed and potential MOF adsorbents are identified accordingly. Finally, the relationships between the MOF structural characteristics and its adsorption properties are discussed, which can provide valuable information for optimal MOF design.
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Ren E, Coudert FX. Thermodynamic exploration of xenon/krypton separation based on a high-throughput screening. Faraday Discuss 2021; 231:201-223. [PMID: 34195736 DOI: 10.1039/d1fd00024a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nanoporous framework materials are a promising class of materials for energy-efficient technology of xenon/krypton separation by physisorption. Many studies on Xe/Kr separation by adsorption have focused on the determination of structure/property relationships, the description of theoretical limits of performance, and the identification of top-performing materials. Here, we provide a study based on a high-throughput screening of the adsorption of Xe, Kr, and Xe/Kr mixtures in 12 020 experimental MOF materials, to provide a better comprehension of the thermodynamics behind Xe/Kr separation in nanoporous materials and the microscopic origins of Xe/Kr selectivity at both low and ambient pressure.
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- Emmanuel Ren
- Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005 Paris, France. .,CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, University of Montpellier, Marcoule, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, CNRS, Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris, 75005 Paris, France.
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Li Z, Zhang Y, Liu B, Chen G, Smit B. Multilevel screening of computation‐ready, experimental metal‐organic frameworks for natural gas purification. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Zhi Li
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing China University of Petroleum Beijing China
- Laboratory of Molecular Simulation (LSMO) Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Valais, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Sion Switzerland
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering QiLu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering QiLu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences) Jinan China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing China University of Petroleum Beijing China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing China University of Petroleum Beijing China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Simulation (LSMO) Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, Valais, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Sion Switzerland
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Chen C, Wei Z, Pham T, Lan PC, Zhang L, Forrest KA, Chen S, Al‐Enizi AM, Nafady A, Su C, Ma S. Nanospace Engineering of Metal–Organic Frameworks through Dynamic Spacer Installation of Multifunctionalities for Efficient Separation of Ethane from Ethane/Ethylene Mixtures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202100114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Cheng‐Xia Chen
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas CHEM 305D 1508 W Mulberry St Denton TX 76201 USA
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa FL 33620 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas CHEM 305D 1508 W Mulberry St Denton TX 76201 USA
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Fujian University of Technology Fuzhou 350118 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa FL 33620 USA
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory and Interface Science and Technology School of Materials Science and Engineering Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha 410004 China
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- 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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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas CHEM 305D 1508 W Mulberry St Denton TX 76201 USA
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Chen C, Wei Z, Pham T, Lan PC, Zhang L, Forrest KA, Chen S, Al‐Enizi AM, Nafady A, Su C, Ma S. Nanospace Engineering of Metal–Organic Frameworks through Dynamic Spacer Installation of Multifunctionalities for Efficient Separation of Ethane from Ethane/Ethylene Mixtures. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:9680-9685. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202100114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Cheng‐Xia Chen
- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas CHEM 305D 1508 W Mulberry St Denton TX 76201 USA
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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa FL 33620 USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas CHEM 305D 1508 W Mulberry St Denton TX 76201 USA
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- College of Materials Science and Engineering Fujian University of Technology Fuzhou 350118 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Avenue Tampa FL 33620 USA
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- Hunan Province Key Laboratory and Interface Science and Technology School of Materials Science and Engineering Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha 410004 China
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- 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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- MOE Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry Lehn Institute of Functional Materials School of Chemistry Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Department of Chemistry University of North Texas CHEM 305D 1508 W Mulberry St Denton TX 76201 USA
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Yeh CH, Khan AH, Miyazaki T, Jiang JC. The investigation of methane storage at the Ni-MOF-74 material: a periodic DFT calculation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:12270-12279. [PMID: 34013930 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01276b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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To develop a high-performance methane storage material, an understanding of the mechanism and electronic interactions between methane and the material is essential. In this study, we performed detailed theoretical analyses to investigate the methane storage capacity of Ni-MOF-74 using a large-scale periodic DFT code CONQUEST. In a single pore of the unit cell, we considered three possible sites, iSBU, L, and P sites, where iSBU is the inorganic secondary building unit with a metal center, and L is the linker consisting of the organic building unit, while the P site is the vacuum site in the center of the pore. It shows that the methane molecule adsorption possesses the largest methane molecule adsorption energy on the iSBU site. Our calculations indicate that both C-HO and weak agostic interactions exist between the methane molecule and the iSBU site. The adsorption energy of one methane molecule on the iSBU site is in good agreement with previous experimental and theoretical studies. The calculation of the stepwise methane molecule adsorption shows that the first six methane molecules can first occupy the iSBU sites via C-HO and weak agostic interactions. The second six methane molecules are adsorbed on the remaining L sites, where the C-Hπ interaction becomes important, leading to the synergistic effect together with the C-HO interaction to enhance the adsorption energy of the methane molecule. Finally, it can adsorb up to sixteen CH4 molecules in a single pore of a unit cell at Ni-MOF-74. Moreover, we conducted DOS and EDD analyses, which clearly show that the interactions play a vital role in the adsorption of a methane molecule on Ni-MOF-74, especially the C-HO interaction.
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- Chen-Hao Yeh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan. and First-Principles Simulation Group, Nano-Theory Field, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Feng Chia University, No. 100, Wenhwa Rd., Seatwen, Taichung 40724, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
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- First-Principles Simulation Group, Nano-Theory Field, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 10607, Taiwan.
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Solanki VA, Borah B. In-silico identification of adsorbent for separation of ethane/ethylene mixture. J Mol Model 2020; 26:353. [PMID: 33242178 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-020-04612-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We present here a high-throughput computational screening of 4,821 real metal-organic framework (MOF) structures that do not contain any open metal sites to isolate the best performing candidate for separation of ethane/ethylene mixture at ambient conditions. The MOF structures were assessed on the basis of several adsorption-based separation performance metrics. Some of these metrics were found to correlate strongly among themselves. We have presented various structures-property correlations which unfold useful insights. MOF ATAGEJ is found to be the top performing MOF with highest adsorbent performance score 12.38 mol/kg and regenerability 93.88%. Several other MOFs OTOLIU (MIL-167), UMUMOG (UBMOF-8), and TOVGES (PCN-230) containing tetravalent metal cations such as Zr4+ and Ti4+ are found to be potential structures that are thermally, mechanically, and chemically stable and performs better than zeolites. Adsorption selectivity shows exponential correlation with difference of heat of adsorption of ethane and ethene at 0.1 bar and 298 K. We have also presented how various performance metrics correlate among themselves. These correlations unfold useful insights. Graphical abstract.
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- Viral A Solanki
- P. D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Charotar University of Science & Technology, Changa, Anand, Gujarat, 388421, India
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- P. D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Charotar University of Science & Technology, Changa, Anand, Gujarat, 388421, India.
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Wang R, Zhong Y, Bi L, Yang M, Xu D. Accelerating Discovery of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Methane Adsorption with Hierarchical Screening and Deep Learning. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:52797-52807. [PMID: 33175490 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c16516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In recent years, machine learning (ML) methods have made significant progress, and ML models have been adopted in virtually all aspects of chemistry. In this study, based on the crystal graph convolutional neural networks algorithm, an end-to-end deep learning model was developed for predicting the methane adsorption properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). High-throughput grand canonical Monte Carlo calculations were carried out on the computation-ready, experimental MOF database, which contains approximately 11 000 MOFs, to construct the data set. An area under the curve of 0.930 for the test set proved the reliability of the developed deep learning model. To assess the transferability of the model, we applied it to predict the methane adsorption volume for some randomly selected covalent organic frameworks and zeolitic imidazolate framework materials. The results indicated that the model could also be suitable for other porous materials. We also applied it to the hierarchical screening of a hypothetical MOFs database (∼330 000 MOFs). Four hypothetical MOFs were demonstrated to have the highest performance in methane adsorption. A calculated maximum working capacity of 145 cm3/cm3 at 5-35 bar and 298 K indicated that the hypothetical MOF is close to the Department of Energy's 2015 target of 180 cm3/cm3. Further analyses on all screened out MOFs established correlations between some structural features with the working capacity. The successful incorporation of ML and hierarchical screening can accelerate the discovery of new materials not just for gas adsorption, but also other areas involving interactions in materials and molecules.
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- Ruihan Wang
- MOE Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, PR China
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- Guangxi WiRUSH Co. Ltd., Nanning, Guangxi 530022, PR China
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- Research Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, PR China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology, College of Chemistry, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, PR China
- Research Center for Materials Genome Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, PR China
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Wang H, Liu Y, Li J. Designer Metal-Organic Frameworks for Size-Exclusion-Based Hydrocarbon Separations: Progress and Challenges. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2002603. [PMID: 32644246 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202002603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The separation of hydrocarbons is of primary importance in the petrochemical industry but remains a challenging process. Hydrocarbon separations have traditionally relied predominantly on costly and energy-intensive heat-driven procedures such as low-temperature distillations. Adsorptive separation based on porous solids represents an alternative technology that is potentially more energy efficient for the separation of some hydrocarbons. Great efforts have been made recently not only in the development of adsorbents with optimal separation performance but also toward the subsequent implementation of adsorption-based separation technology. Emerging as a relatively new class of multifunctional porous materials, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) hold substantial promise as adsorbents for highly efficient separation of hydrocarbons. This is because of their exceptional and intrinsic porosity tunability, which enables size-exclusion-based separations that render the highest possible separation selectivity. In this review, recent advances in the development of MOFs for separation of selected groups of hydrocarbons are reviewed, including methane/C2 hydrocarbons, normal alkanes, alkane isomers, and alkane/alkene/alkyne and C8 alkylaromatics, with a particular focus on separations based on the size-exclusion mechanism. Insights into tailor-made structures, material design strategies, and structure-property relationships will be elucidated. In addition, the existing challenges and possible future directions of this important research field will be discussed.
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- Hao Wang
- Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Polytechnic, 7098 Liuxian Boulevard, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis & Preparative Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun, 130012, China
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- Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials, Shenzhen Polytechnic, 7098 Liuxian Boulevard, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518055, China
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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Clayson IG, Hewitt D, Hutereau M, Pope T, Slater B. High Throughput Methods in the Synthesis, Characterization, and Optimization of Porous Materials. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2020; 32:e2002780. [PMID: 32954550 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202002780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Porous materials are widely employed in a large range of applications, in particular, for storage, separation, and catalysis of fine chemicals. Synthesis, characterization, and pre- and post-synthetic computer simulations are mostly carried out in a piecemeal and ad hoc manner. Whilst high throughput approaches have been used for more than 30 years in the porous material fields, routine integration of experimental and computational processes is only now becoming more established. Herein, important developments are highlighted and emerging challenges for the community identified, including the need to work toward more integrated workflows.
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- Ivan G Clayson
- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Solanki VA, Borah B. Computational screening of metal–organic framework structures for separation of propane/propene mixture. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2020.1822528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Viral A. Solanki
- PD Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Charotar University of Science & Technology, Anand, India
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- PD Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Charotar University of Science & Technology, Anand, India
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Lai KC, Pleasant TJ, García A, Evans JW. Generalized hydrodynamic analysis of transport through a finite open nanopore for two-component single-file systems. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:062103. [PMID: 32688593 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.062103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Single-file diffusion (SFD) in finite open nanopores is characterized by nonzero spatially varying tracer diffusion coefficients within a generalized hydrodynamic description. This contrasts with infinite SFD systems where tracer diffusivity vanishes. In standard tracer counterpermeation (TCP) analysis, two reservoirs, each containing a different species, are connected to opposite ends of a finite pore. We implement an extended TCP analysis to allow the two reservoirs to contain slightly different mixtures of the two species. Then, determination of diffusion fluxes through the pore allows extraction of diffusion coefficients for near-constant partial concentrations of the two species. This analysis is applied for a lattice-gas model describing two-component SFD through a finite linear pore represented by a one-dimensional array of cells. Two types of particles, A and B, can hop only to adjacent empty cells with generally different rates, h_{A} and h_{B}. Particles are noninteracting other than exclusion of multiple cell occupancy. Results reveal generalized hydrodynamic tracer diffusion coefficients which adopt small values inversely proportional to pore length in the pore center, but which are strongly enhanced near pore openings.
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- King C Lai
- Ames Laboratory-USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.,Department of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Ames Laboratory-USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Ames Laboratory-USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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- Ames Laboratory-USDOE, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.,Department of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA.,Department of Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Daeyaert F, Deem MW. Design of organic structure directing agents to guide the synthesis of zeolites for the separation of ethylene-ethane mixtures. RSC Adv 2020; 10:20313-20321. [PMID: 35520436 PMCID: PMC9054118 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra02896g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Industrial production of ethylene entails a costly separation from the ethane by-product, and this separation is the dominant consumer of energy in the process. Zeolites have been proposed as a next generation material for this separation process, and a molecular screen of all known zeolites has revealed several promising candidate materials. None of the identified materials has yet been synthesized in the all-silica form evaluated in the screen. We here design organic structure directing agents (OSDAs) for four of the zeolites with the best predicted separation performance, two that are ethylene selective and two that are ethane selective. The designed OSDAs may enable the synthesis of these zeolites for more energy efficient separation of ethylene and ethane.
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- Frits Daeyaert
- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University 6100 Main St Houston TX USA
- FD Computing Stijn Streuvelsstraat 64, 2340 Beerse Belgium
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- Department of Bioengineering, Rice University 6100 Main St Houston TX USA
- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Rice University 6100 Main St Houston TX USA
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Separation of diverse alkenes from C2-C4 alkanes through nanoporous graphene membranes via local size sieving. J Memb Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2019.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cho EH, Lyu Q, Lin LC. Computational discovery of nanoporous materials for energy- and environment-related applications. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2019.1626990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Eun Hyun Cho
- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Qazvini OT, Babarao R, Shi ZL, Zhang YB, Telfer SG. A Robust Ethane-Trapping Metal–Organic Framework with a High Capacity for Ethylene Purification. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:5014-5020. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b00913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Omid T. Qazvini
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Manufacturing, Clayton, Victoria 3169, Australia
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Yan Z, Tang S, Zhou X, Yang L, Xiao X, Chen H, Qin Y, Sun W. All-silica zeolites screening for capture of toxic gases from molecular simulation. Chin J Chem Eng 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2018.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Li L, Lin RB, Krishna R, Li H, Xiang S, Wu H, Li J, Zhou W, Chen B. Ethane/ethylene separation in a metal-organic framework with iron-peroxo sites. Science 2018; 362:443-446. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aat0586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 539] [Impact Index Per Article: 89.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Revised: 06/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The separation of ethane from its corresponding ethylene is an important, challenging, and energy-intensive process in the chemical industry. Here we report a microporous metal-organic framework, iron(III) peroxide 2,5-dioxido-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate [Fe2(O2)(dobdc) (dobdc4−: 2,5-dioxido-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate)], with iron (Fe)–peroxo sites for the preferential binding of ethane over ethylene and thus highly selective separation of C2H6/C2H4. Neutron powder diffraction studies and theoretical calculations demonstrate the key role of Fe-peroxo sites for the recognition of ethane. The high performance of Fe2(O2)(dobdc) for the ethane/ethylene separation has been validated by gas sorption isotherms, ideal adsorbed solution theory calculations, and simulated and experimental breakthrough curves. Through a fixed-bed column packed with this porous material, polymer-grade ethylene (99.99% pure) can be straightforwardly produced from ethane/ethylene mixtures during the first adsorption cycle, demonstrating the potential of Fe2(O2)(dobdc) for this important industrial separation with a low energy cost under ambient conditions.
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Becker TM, Lin LC, Dubbeldam D, Vlugt TJH. Polarizable Force Field for CO 2 in M-MOF-74 Derived from Quantum Mechanics. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2018; 122:24488-24498. [PMID: 30774742 PMCID: PMC6369669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b08639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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On the short term, carbon capture is a viable solution to reduce human-induced CO2 emissions, which requires an energy efficient separation of CO2. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) may offer opportunities for carbon capture and other industrially relevant separations. Especially, MOFs with embedded open metal sites have been shown to be promising. Molecular simulation is a useful tool to predict the performance of MOFs even before the synthesis of the material. This reduces the experimental effort, and the selection process of the most suitable MOF for a particular application can be accelerated. To describe the interactions between open metal sites and guest molecules in molecular simulation is challenging. Polarizable force fields have potential to improve the description of such specific interactions. Previously, we tested the applicability of polarizable force fields for CO2 in M-MOF-74 by verifying the ability to reproduce experimental measurements. Here, we develop a predictive polarizable force field for CO2 in M-MOF-74 (M = Co, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn) without the requirement of experimental data. The force field is derived from energies predicted from quantum mechanics. The procedure is easily transferable to other MOFs. To incorporate explicit polarization, the induced dipole method is applied between the framework and the guest molecule. Atomic polarizabilities are assigned according to the literature. Only the Lennard-Jones parameters of the open metal sites are parameterized to reproduce energies from quantum mechanics. The created polarizable force field for CO2 in M-MOF-74 can describe the adsorption well and even better than that in our previous work.
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- Tim M. Becker
- Engineering
Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical,
Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft
University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- William
G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, 151 W. Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Engineering
Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical,
Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft
University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
- Van’t
Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University
of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Engineering
Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical,
Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft
University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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Ling X, Chen Z. Immobilization of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks with assist of electrodeposited zinc oxide layer and application in online solid-phase microextraction of Sudan dyes. Talanta 2018; 192:142-146. [PMID: 30348370 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Revised: 08/25/2018] [Accepted: 09/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Herein a facile method for immobilization of zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) was developed. The ZIFs grew on electrochemically deposited zinc oxide (ZnO) layer while carbon fiber bundle served as substrate. The synthesized ZIFs-ZnO composite was packed into PEEK tube as sorbent for online solid phase microextraction (SPME)-HPLC-UV analysis of Sudan dyes. Good enrichment efficiency (200-461 fold), low limits of detection (0.002 ng mL-1) and wide linear ranges (0.02-20 ng mL-1, correlation coefficient > 0.9996) were achieved. The analytical method was demonstrated to be practical for analysis of Sudan dyes in environmental water samples with good recoveries (83.5%~95.0%).
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- Xu Ling
- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (Wuhan University), Ministry of Education, and Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wuhan 430071, China.
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Soroush Barhaghi M, Torabi K, Nejahi Y, Schwiebert L, Potoff JJ. Molecular exchange Monte Carlo: A generalized method for identity exchanges in grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:072318. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5025184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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- Mohammad Soroush Barhaghi
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Kim SY, Yoon TU, Kang JH, Kim AR, Kim TH, Kim SI, Park W, Kim KC, Bae YS. Observation of Olefin/Paraffin Selectivity in Azo Compound and Its Application into a Metal-Organic Framework. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2018; 10:27521-27530. [PMID: 30040880 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b09739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Olefin/paraffin separation is an important and challenging issue because the two molecules have similar physicochemical properties. Although a couple of olefin adsorbents have been developed by introducing inorganic nanoparticles into metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), there has been no study on the development of an olefin adsorbent by introducing a certain organic functional group into a MOF. In this study, we posited that azo compounds could offer olefin/paraffin selectivity. We have revealed using first-principles calculations that the simplest aromatic azo compound (azobenzene, Azob) has an unusual propylene/propane selectivity due to special electrostatic interactions between Azob and propylene molecules. On the basis of this interesting discovery, we have synthesized a novel propylene adsorbent, MIL-101(Cr)_DAA, by grafting 4,4'-diaminoazobenzene (DAA) into open metal sites in a mesoporous MIL-101(Cr). Remarkably, MIL-101(Cr)_DAA exhibited enhanced propylene/propane selectivity as well as considerably higher propylene heat of adsorption compared to pristine MIL-101(Cr) while maintaining the high working capacity of MIL-101(Cr). This clearly indicates that azo compounds when introduced into MOFs can provide propylene selectivity. Moreover, MIL-101(Cr)_DAA showed good C3H6/C3H8 separation and easy regeneration performances from packed-bed breakthrough experiments and retained its propylene adsorption capacity even after exposure to air for 12 h. As far as we know, this is the first study that improves the olefin selectivity of MOF by postsynthetically introducing an organic functional group.
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- Seo-Yul Kim
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering , Konkuk University , Seoul 05029 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , Yonsei University , 50 Yonsei-ro , Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722 , Korea
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Krishna R. Methodologies for screening and selection of crystalline microporous materials in mixture separations. Sep Purif Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2017.11.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Becker TM, Luna-Triguero A, Vicent-Luna JM, Lin LC, Dubbeldam D, Calero S, Vlugt TJH. Potential of polarizable force fields for predicting the separation performance of small hydrocarbons in M-MOF-74. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:28848-28859. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp05750h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Including explicit polarization significantly improves the description of the adsorption in comparison to non-polarizable generic force fields.
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- Tim M. Becker
- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology
- 2628CB Delft
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- Seville
- Spain
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- Seville
- Spain
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University
- Columbus
- USA
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam
- 1098XH Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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- Department of Physical, Chemical and Natural Systems, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- Seville
- Spain
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- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology
- 2628CB Delft
- The Netherlands
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Sumer Z, Keskin S. Molecular simulations of MOF adsorbents and membranes for noble gas separations. Chem Eng Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Becker TM, Heinen J, Dubbeldam D, Lin LC, Vlugt TJH. Polarizable Force Fields for CO 2 and CH 4 Adsorption in M-MOF-74. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2017; 121:4659-4673. [PMID: 28286598 PMCID: PMC5338003 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The family of M-MOF-74, with M = Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mn, Ni, Ti, V, and Zn, provides opportunities for numerous energy related gas separation applications. The pore structure of M-MOF-74 exhibits a high internal surface area and an exceptionally large adsorption capacity. The chemical environment of the adsorbate molecule in M-MOF-74 can be tuned by exchanging the metal ion incorporated in the structure. To optimize materials for a given separation process, insights into how the choice of the metal ion affects the interaction strength with adsorbate molecules and how to model these interactions are essential. Here, we quantitatively highlight the importance of polarization by comparing the proposed polarizable force field to orbital interaction energies from DFT calculations. Adsorption isotherms and heats of adsorption are computed for CO2, CH4, and their mixtures in M-MOF-74 with all 10 metal ions. The results are compared to experimental data, and to previous simulation results using nonpolarizable force fields derived from quantum mechanics. To the best of our knowledge, the developed polarizable force field is the only one so far trying to cover such a large set of possible metal ions. For the majority of metal ions, our simulations are in good agreement with experiments, demonstrating the effectiveness of our polarizable potential and the transferability of the adopted approach.
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- Tim M Becker
- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology , Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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- Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam , Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands; Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- William G. Lowrie Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University , 151 West Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Engineering Thermodynamics, Process & Energy Department, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology , Leeghwaterstraat 39, 2628CB Delft, The Netherlands
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Kundu A, Piccini G, Sillar K, Sauer J. Ab Initio Prediction of Adsorption Isotherms for Small Molecules in Metal–Organic Frameworks. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:14047-14056. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b08646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Arpan Kundu
- Institut
für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den
Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den
Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut
für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den
Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
- Institute
of Chemistry, University of Tartu, Ravila 14 a, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Institut
für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den
Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany
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Sumer Z, Keskin S. Ranking of MOF Adsorbents for CO2 Separations: A Molecular Simulation Study. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b02585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Zeynep Sumer
- Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450 Istanbul, Turkey
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Olefin/Paraffin Separation Potential of ZIF-9 and ZIF-71: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study. Eur J Inorg Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Altintas C, Keskin S. Computational screening of MOFs for C 2 H 6 /C 2 H 4 and C 2 H 6 /CH 4 separations. Chem Eng Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gómez-Álvarez P, Hamad S, Haranczyk M, Ruiz-Salvador AR, Calero S. Comparing gas separation performance between all known zeolites and their zeolitic imidazolate framework counterparts. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:216-25. [DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04012d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Candidate structures for environmental and industrial gas separations. No correlation between zeolites and their respective Zeolitic Imidazolate framework counterparts.
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- Paula Gómez-Álvarez
- Department of Physical
- Chemical
- and Natural Systems
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- ES-41013 Seville
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- Department of Physical
- Chemical
- and Natural Systems
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- ES-41013 Seville
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Computational Research Division
- Berkeley
- USA
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- Department of Physical
- Chemical
- and Natural Systems
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- ES-41013 Seville
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- Department of Physical
- Chemical
- and Natural Systems
- Universidad Pablo de Olavide
- ES-41013 Seville
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Basdogan Y, Sezginel KB, Keskin S. Identifying Highly Selective Metal Organic Frameworks for CH4/H2 Separations Using Computational Tools. Ind Eng Chem Res 2015. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b01901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yasemin Basdogan
- Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Chemical and
Biological Engineering, Koc University, Rumelifeneri Yolu, Sariyer, 34450, Istanbul, Turkey
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Bai P, Jeon MY, Ren L, Knight C, Deem MW, Tsapatsis M, Siepmann JI. Discovery of optimal zeolites for challenging separations and chemical transformations using predictive materials modeling. Nat Commun 2015; 6:5912. [PMID: 25607776 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Zeolites play numerous important roles in modern petroleum refineries and have the potential to advance the production of fuels and chemical feedstocks from renewable resources. The performance of a zeolite as separation medium and catalyst depends on its framework structure. To date, 213 framework types have been synthesized and >330,000 thermodynamically accessible zeolite structures have been predicted. Hence, identification of optimal zeolites for a given application from the large pool of candidate structures is attractive for accelerating the pace of materials discovery. Here we identify, through a large-scale, multi-step computational screening process, promising zeolite structures for two energy-related applications: the purification of ethanol from fermentation broths and the hydroisomerization of alkanes with 18-30 carbon atoms encountered in petroleum refining. These results demonstrate that predictive modelling and data-driven science can now be applied to solve some of the most challenging separation problems involving highly non-ideal mixtures and highly articulated compounds.
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- Peng Bai
- Departments of Chemistry and of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Leadership Computing Facility, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
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- Departments of Bioengineering and of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemical Theory Center, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Rangnekar N, Mittal N, Elyassi B, Caro J, Tsapatsis M. Zeolite membranes – a review and comparison with MOFs. Chem Soc Rev 2015; 44:7128-54. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cs00292c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 490] [Impact Index Per Article: 54.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The latest developments in zeolite and MOF membranes are reviewed, with an emphasis on synthesis techniques. Industrial applications, hydrothermal stability, polymer-supported and mixed matrix membranes are some of the aspects discussed.
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- N. Rangnekar
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Minneapolis
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Minneapolis
- USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Minneapolis
- USA
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie der Leibniz Universität Hannover
- D-30167 Hannover
- Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Minneapolis
- USA
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Krishna R. Methodologies for evaluation of metal–organic frameworks in separation applications. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra07830j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The separation performance of fixed-bed adsorbers is governed by a number of factors that include (a) adsorption selectivity, (b) uptake capacity, and (c) intra-crystalline diffusion limitations.
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- Rajamani Krishna
- Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
- University of Amsterdam
- 1098 XH Amsterdam
- The Netherlands
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Shen VK, Siderius DW. Elucidating the effects of adsorbent flexibility on fluid adsorption using simple models and flat-histogram sampling methods. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:244106. [PMID: 24985617 DOI: 10.1063/1.4884124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Vincent K Shen
- Chemical Informatics Research Group, Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8380, USA
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- Chemical Informatics Research Group, Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-8380, USA
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Krishna R. A Smörgåsbord of Separation Strategies Using Microporous Crystalline Materials. INDIAN CHEMICAL ENGINEER 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/00194506.2014.881000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Simon CM, Kim J, Lin LC, Martin RL, Haranczyk M, Smit B. Optimizing nanoporous materials for gas storage. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:5499-513. [PMID: 24394864 DOI: 10.1039/c3cp55039g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In this work, we address the question of which thermodynamic factors determine the deliverable capacity of methane in nanoporous materials. The deliverable capacity is one of the key factors that determines the performance of a material for methane storage in automotive fuel tanks. To obtain insights into how the molecular characteristics of a material are related to the deliverable capacity, we developed several statistical thermodynamic models. The predictions of these models are compared with the classical thermodynamics approach of Bhatia and Myers [Bhatia and Myers, Langmuir, 2005, 22, 1688] and with the results of molecular simulations in which we screen the International Zeolite Association (IZA) structure database and a hypothetical zeolite database of over 100,000 structures. Both the simulations and our models do not support the rule of thumb that, for methane storage, one should aim for an optimal heat of adsorption of 18.8 kJ mol(-1). Instead, our models show that one can identify an optimal heat of adsorption, but that this optimal heat of adsorption depends on the structure of the material and can range from 8 to 23 kJ mol(-1). The different models we have developed are aimed to determine how this optimal heat of adsorption is related to the molecular structure of the material.
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- Cory M Simon
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
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Fischer M, Bell RG. Cation-exchanged SAPO-34 for adsorption-based hydrocarbon separations: predictions from dispersion-corrected DFT calculations. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:21062-72. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01049c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interaction of C2 and C3 hydrocarbons with cation-exchanged SAPO-34 materials is studied using DFT-D calculations, permitting predictions regarding their suitability for alkene–alkane separations.
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- Michael Fischer
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London WC1H 0AJ, UK
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