Xenon Gas Separation and Storage Using Metal-Organic Frameworks

Journal Article · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Chem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2017.12.025· OSTI ID:1455262

Banerjee, Debasis; Simon, Cory M.; Elsaidi, Sameh K.; Haranczyk, Maciej; Thallapally, Praveen K.

The global demand for Xe, a noble gas with applications in electronics, lighting, and the medical industry, is expected to rise significantly over the coming decades. However, the low abundance of Xe in the earth's atmosphere and the costly cryogenic distillation process that is used to obtain Xe commercially via air separation have limited the scale of applications of Xe. A physisorption-based separation using porous materials may be a viable and cost-effective alternative to cryogenic distillation. In particular, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown promise as highly Xe-selective, porous solids. In this review, we detail the recent advances of MOFs as adsorbents for noble gas adsorption/separation and the role of computer simulation in finding optimal materials for Xe adsorption.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1455262
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-130555; AF5805010
• Journal Information: Chem, Vol. 4, Issue 3; ISSN 2451-9294
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

MOFs
Xenon
Krypton