Light Hydrocarbon Adsorption Mechanisms in Two Calcium-Based Microporous Metal Organic Frameworks

Authors
  • X. Dong
  • D. Banerjee
  • W.R. Woerner
  • Y. Han
  • J. Li
  • J.B. Parise
Publication date 22-03-2016
Journal Chemistry of Materials
Volume | Issue number 28 | 6
Pages (from-to) 1636-1646
Number of pages 11
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS)
Abstract
The adsorption mechanism of ethane, ethylene, and acetylene (C2Hn; n = 2, 4, 6) on two microporous metal organic frameworks (MOFs) is described here that is consistent with observations from single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction, calorimetric measurements, and gas adsorption isotherm measurements. Two calcium-based MOFs, designated as SBMOF-1 and SBMOF-2 (SB: Stony Brook), form three-dimensional frameworks with one-dimensional open channels. As determined from single crystal diffraction experiments, channel geometries of both SBMOF-1 and SBMOF-2 provide multiple adsorption sites for hydrocarbon molecules through C–H···π and C–H···O interactions, similarly to interactions in the molecular and protein crystals. Both materials selectively adsorb C2 hydrocarbon gases over methane as determined with IAST and breakthrough calculations as well as experimental breakthrough measurements, with C2H6/CH4 selectivity as high as 74 in SBMOF-1.
Document type Article
Note With supplementary material.
Language English
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Published at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b03792
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