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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: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [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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Chen Y, Bai X, Liu D, Fu X, Yang Q. High-Throughput Computational Exploration of MOFs with Open Cu Sites for Adsorptive Separation of Hydrogen Isotopes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:24980-24991. [PMID: 35603743 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c06966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Effective separation of hydrogen isotopes still remains one of the extremely challenging tasks in industry. Compared to the present methods that are energy- and cost-intensive, quantum sieving technology based on nanostructured materials offers a more efficient alternative approach, where metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) featuring open metal sites (OMS) can serve as an ideal platform. Herein, a combination of periodic density functional theory (DFT) with dispersive correction and high-throughput molecular simulation was employed from thermodynamic viewpoints to explore the D2/H2 separation properties of 929 experimental MOFs bearing a copper-paddlewheel unit. The DFT calculations showed that there is a negligible rotational energy barrier for the molecule adsorbed at the OMS, and the movement of the Cu atoms along the Cu-Cu axis vector almost has no influence on the interaction energy. On the basis of the DFT results, a new force field with a proposed cutoff scheme was developed to accurately describe the strong isotope-OMS interaction. Under practical conditions (40 K and 1.0 bar), large-scale computational material screening demonstrated that the OMS interaction plays a more important role in highly selective materials and ignoring such interactions can lead to completely wrong identification of the most promising materials. Using the adsorption selectivity and adsorbent performance score as evaluation metrics, this work demonstrated that the materials with sql topology notably outperform many benchmark adsorbents reported so far.
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- Yanling Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang, Sichuan 621900, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-Inorganic Composites; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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Si Y, Wang W, El-Sayed ESM, Yuan D. Use of breakthrough experiment to evaluate the performance of hydrogen isotope separation for metal-organic frameworks M-MOF-74 (M=Co, Ni, Mg, Zn). Sci China Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-020-9722-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Zhang L, Jee S, Park J, Jung M, Wallacher D, Franz A, Lee W, Yoon M, Choi K, Hirscher M, Oh H. Exploiting Dynamic Opening of Apertures in a Partially Fluorinated MOF for Enhancing H 2 Desorption Temperature and Isotope Separation. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:19850-19858. [PMID: 31750655 PMCID: PMC6943815 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b10268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Deuterium has been recognized as an irreplaceable element in industrial and scientific research. However, hydrogen isotope separation still remains a huge challenge due to the identical physicochemical properties of the isotopes. In this paper, a partially fluorinated metal-organic framework (MOF) with copper, a so-called FMOFCu, was investigated to determine the separation efficiency and capacity of the framework for deuterium extraction from a hydrogen isotope mixture. The unique structure of this porous material consists of a trimodal pore system with large tubular cavities connected through a smaller cavity with bottleneck apertures with a size of 3.6 Å plus a third hidden cavity connected by an even smaller aperture of 2.5 Å. Depending on the temperature, these two apertures show a gate-opening effect and the cavities get successively accessible for hydrogen with increasing temperature. Thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) measurements indicate that the locally flexible MOF can separate D2 from anisotope mixture efficiently, with a selectivity of 14 at 25 K and 4 at 77 K.
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- Linda Zhang
- Max
Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstraße 3 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University, 100 Cheongpa-ro 47 gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04310, Republic
of Korea
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- Department
of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National
University of Science and Technology (GNTECH), Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National
University of Science and Technology (GNTECH), Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum
Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Department
of Defense Ammunitions, Daeduk College, Daejeon 305-715, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Sookmyung Women’s University, 100 Cheongpa-ro 47 gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul 04310, Republic
of Korea,E-mail
for K.C.:
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- Max
Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstraße 3 70569 Stuttgart, Germany,E-mail for M.H.:
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- Department
of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National
University of Science and Technology (GNTECH), Jinju 52725, Republic of Korea,Future
Convergence Technology Research Institute, Jinju 52725, Republic
of Korea,E-mail for H.O.:
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Mondal SS, Kreuzer A, Behrens K, Schütz G, Holdt HJ, Hirscher M. Systematic Experimental Study on Quantum Sieving of Hydrogen Isotopes in Metal-Amide-Imidazolate Frameworks with narrow 1-D Channels. Chemphyschem 2019; 20:1311-1315. [PMID: 31017710 PMCID: PMC6619243 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2019] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Quantum sieving of hydrogen isotopes is experimentally studied in isostructural hexagonal metal‐organic frameworks having 1‐D channels, named IFP‐1, −3, −4 and −7. Inside the channels, different molecules or atoms restrict the channel diameter periodically with apertures larger (4.2 Å for IFP‐1, 3.1 Å for IFP‐3) and smaller (2.1 Å for IFP‐7, 1.7 Å for IFP‐4) than the kinetic diameter of hydrogen isotopes. From a geometrical point of view, no gas should penetrate into IFP‐7 and IFP‐4, but due to the thermally induced flexibility, so‐called gate‐opening effect of the apertures, penetration becomes possible with increasing temperature. Thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) measurements with pure H2 or D2 have been applied to study isotope adsorption. Further TDS experiments after exposure to an equimolar H2/D2 mixture allow to determine directly the selectivity of isotope separation by quantum sieving. IFP‐7 shows a very low selectivity not higher than S=2. The selectivity of the materials with the smallest pore aperture IFP‐4 has a constant value of S≈2 for different exposure times and pressures, which can be explained by the 1‐D channel structure. Due to the relatively small cavities between the apertures of IFP‐4 and IFP‐7, molecules in the channels cannot pass each other, which leads to a single‐file filling. Therefore, no time dependence is observed, since the quantum sieving effect occurs only at the outermost pore aperture, resulting in a low separation selectivity.
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- Suvendu Sekhar Mondal
- Institut für Chemie, Anorganische Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Modern Magnetic Systems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569, Stuttgart
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- Institut für Chemie, Anorganische Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Modern Magnetic Systems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569, Stuttgart
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- Institut für Chemie, Anorganische Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany
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- Modern Magnetic Systems, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569, Stuttgart
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Kim JY, Oh H, Moon HR. Hydrogen Isotope Separation in Confined Nanospaces: Carbons, Zeolites, Metal-Organic Frameworks, and Covalent Organic Frameworks. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2019; 31:e1805293. [PMID: 30589123 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201805293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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One of the greatest challenges of modern separation technology is separating isotope mixtures in high purity. The separation of hydrogen isotopes can create immense economic value by producing valuable deuterium (D) and tritium (T), which are irreplaceable for various industrial and scientific applications. However, current separation methods suffer from low separation efficiency owing to the similar chemical properties of isotopes; thus, high-purity isotopes are not easily achieved. Recently, nanoporous materials have been proposed as promising candidates and are supported by a newly proposed separation mechanism, i.e., quantum effects. Herein, the fundamentals of the quantum sieving effect of hydrogen isotopes in nanoporous materials are discussed, which are mainly kinetic quantum sieving and chemical-affinity quantum sieving, including the recent advances in the analytical techniques. As examples of nanoporous materials, carbons, zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, and covalent organic frameworks are addressed from computational and experimental standpoints. Understanding the quantum sieving effect in nanospaces and the tailoring of porous materials based on it will open up new opportunities to develop a highly efficient and advanced isotope separation systems.
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- Jin Yeong Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy Engineering, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Jinju, 52725, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, Republic of Korea
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Weinrauch I, Savchenko I, Denysenko D, Souliou SM, Kim HH, Le Tacon M, Daemen LL, Cheng Y, Mavrandonakis A, Ramirez-Cuesta AJ, Volkmer D, Schütz G, Hirscher M, Heine T. Capture of heavy hydrogen isotopes in a metal-organic framework with active Cu(I) sites. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14496. [PMID: 28262794 PMCID: PMC5343471 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The production of pure deuterium and the removal of tritium from nuclear waste are the key challenges in separation of light isotopes. Presently, the technological methods are extremely energy- and cost-intensive. Here we report the capture of heavy hydrogen isotopes from hydrogen gas by selective adsorption at Cu(I) sites in a metal-organic framework. At the strongly binding Cu(I) sites (32 kJ mol-1) nuclear quantum effects result in higher adsorption enthalpies of heavier isotopes. The capture mechanism takes place most efficiently at temperatures above 80 K, when an isotope exchange allows the preferential adsorption of heavy isotopologues from the gas phase. Large difference in adsorption enthalpy of 2.5 kJ mol-1 between D2 and H2 results in D2-over-H2 selectivity of 11 at 100 K, to the best of our knowledge the largest value known to date. Combination of thermal desorption spectroscopy, Raman measurements, inelastic neutron scattering and first principles calculations for H2/D2 mixtures allows the prediction of selectivities for tritium-containing isotopologues.
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- I Weinrauch
- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Jacobs University, School of Engineering and Science, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- Augsburg University, Institute of Physics, Universitätsstr. 1, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spallation Neutron Source, PO Box 2008, MS6475, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6471, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spallation Neutron Source, PO Box 2008, MS6475, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6471, USA
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- Jacobs University, School of Engineering and Science, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Spallation Neutron Source, PO Box 2008, MS6475, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6471, USA
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- Augsburg University, Institute of Physics, Universitätsstr. 1, 86159 Augsburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Heisenbergstr. 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Jacobs University, School of Engineering and Science, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany.,Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Leipzig University, Linnéstr. 2, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Hyunchul Oh
- Department of Energy Engineering; Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology; 52725 Jinju Gyeongnam Republic of Korea
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- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Heisenbergstr. 3 70569 Stuttgart Germany
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Contescu CI, Zhang H, Olsen RJ, Mamontov E, Morris JR, Gallego NC. Isotope effect on adsorbed quantum phases: diffusion of H2 and D2 in nanoporous carbon. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2013; 110:236102. [PMID: 25167516 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.236102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 04/17/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Quasielastic neutron scattering of H(2) and D(2) in the same nanoporous carbon at 10-40 K demonstrates extreme quantum sieving, with D(2) diffusing up to 76 times faster. D(2) also shows liquidlike diffusion while H(2) exhibits Chudley-Elliott jump diffusion, evidence of their different relationships with the local lattice of adsorption sites due to quantum effects on intermolecular interactions. The onset of diffusion occurs at 22-25 K for H(2) and 10-13 K for D(2). At these temperatures, H(2) and D(2) have identical thermal de Broglie wavelengths that correlate with the dominant pore size.
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- Cristian I Contescu
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Neutron Scattering Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Gotzias A, Steriotis T. D2/H2quantum sieving in microporous carbons: a theoretical study on the effects of pore size and pressure. Mol Phys 2012. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2012.665190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Tanaka H, Miyahara MT. Hydrogen Isotope Separation in Carbon Nanopores. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN 2011. [DOI: 10.1252/jcej.10we312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Hideki Tanaka
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
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