An aliphatic MOF with a molecular sieving effect for efficient C2H2/C2H4 separation

Xianzhen Li; Chen Cao; Ziwen Fan; Jianfa Liu; Tony Pham; Katherine A Forrest; Zheng Niu

doi:10.1039/d3dt01419c

An aliphatic MOF with a molecular sieving effect for efficient C₂H₂/C₂H₄ separation

Dalton Trans. 2023 Oct 31;52(42):15338-15342. doi: 10.1039/d3dt01419c.

Authors

Xianzhen Li¹, Chen Cao¹, Ziwen Fan¹, Jianfa Liu¹, Tony Pham², Katherine A Forrest², Zheng Niu¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China. zhengniu@suda.edu.cn.
² Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, CHE 205A, Tampa, Florida 33620-5250, USA.

PMID: 37395109
DOI: 10.1039/d3dt01419c

Abstract

A metal-organic framework, SDMOF-1, with rigid pores of about 3.4 Å, which is appropriate for accommodating C₂H₂ molecules, exhibits high C₂H₂ adsorption capacity and great separation capability of the C₂H₂/C₂H₄ mixture. This work provides a new method to design aliphatic MOFs with a molecular sieving effect to realize efficient gas separation.