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Title: Tailor-Made Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Full Separation of Propane from Propylene Through Selective Size Exclusion

Abstract

Abstract Adsorptive separation of olefin/paraffin mixtures by porous solids can greatly reduce the energy consumption associated with the currently employed cryogenic distillation technique. Here, the complete separation of propane and propylene by a designer microporous metal–organic framework material is reported. The compound, Y 6 (OH) 8 (abtc) 3 (H 2 O) 6 (DMA) 2 (Y‐abtc, abtc = 3,3′,5,5′‐azobenzene‐tetracarboxylates; DMA = dimethylammonium), is rationally designed through topology‐guided replacement of inorganic building units. Y‐abtc is both thermally and hydrothermally robust, and possesses optimal pore window size for propane/propylene separation. It adsorbs propylene with fast kinetics under ambient temperature and pressure, but fully excludes propane, as a result of selective size exclusion. Multicomponent column breakthrough experiments confirm that polymer‐grade propylene (99.5%) can be obtained by this process, demonstrating its true potential as an alternative sorbent for efficient separation of propane/propylene mixtures.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [8];  [3];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials (China); Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
  2. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)
  3. Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy)
  4. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
  5. Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials (China)
  6. Northeast Normal University (China)
  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Fujian (China)
  8. Univ. degli Studi di Milano (Italy); Samara State Technical University (Russia). Samara Center for Theoretical Materials Science (SCTMS)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1609983
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1479537
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-08ER46491; DE‐FG02‐08ER‐46491
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 49; Journal ID: ISSN 0935-9648
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; chemistry; science & technology; materials science; physics; metal-organic frameworks; adsorbent; adsorptive separation; olefin/paraffin separation; molecular sieving

Citation Formats

Wang, Hao, Dong, Xinglong, Colombo, Valentina, Wang, Qining, Liu, Yanyao, Liu, Wei, Wang, Xin‐Long, Huang, Xiao‐Ying, Proserpio, Davide M., Sironi, Angelo, Han, Yu, and Li, Jing. Tailor-Made Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Full Separation of Propane from Propylene Through Selective Size Exclusion. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1002/adma.201805088.
Wang, Hao, Dong, Xinglong, Colombo, Valentina, Wang, Qining, Liu, Yanyao, Liu, Wei, Wang, Xin‐Long, Huang, Xiao‐Ying, Proserpio, Davide M., Sironi, Angelo, Han, Yu, & Li, Jing. Tailor-Made Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Full Separation of Propane from Propylene Through Selective Size Exclusion. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805088
Wang, Hao, Dong, Xinglong, Colombo, Valentina, Wang, Qining, Liu, Yanyao, Liu, Wei, Wang, Xin‐Long, Huang, Xiao‐Ying, Proserpio, Davide M., Sironi, Angelo, Han, Yu, and Li, Jing. 2018. "Tailor-Made Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Full Separation of Propane from Propylene Through Selective Size Exclusion". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201805088. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1609983.
@article{osti_1609983,
title = {Tailor-Made Microporous Metal–Organic Frameworks for the Full Separation of Propane from Propylene Through Selective Size Exclusion},
author = {Wang, Hao and Dong, Xinglong and Colombo, Valentina and Wang, Qining and Liu, Yanyao and Liu, Wei and Wang, Xin‐Long and Huang, Xiao‐Ying and Proserpio, Davide M. and Sironi, Angelo and Han, Yu and Li, Jing},
abstractNote = {Abstract Adsorptive separation of olefin/paraffin mixtures by porous solids can greatly reduce the energy consumption associated with the currently employed cryogenic distillation technique. Here, the complete separation of propane and propylene by a designer microporous metal–organic framework material is reported. The compound, Y 6 (OH) 8 (abtc) 3 (H 2 O) 6 (DMA) 2 (Y‐abtc, abtc = 3,3′,5,5′‐azobenzene‐tetracarboxylates; DMA = dimethylammonium), is rationally designed through topology‐guided replacement of inorganic building units. Y‐abtc is both thermally and hydrothermally robust, and possesses optimal pore window size for propane/propylene separation. It adsorbs propylene with fast kinetics under ambient temperature and pressure, but fully excludes propane, as a result of selective size exclusion. Multicomponent column breakthrough experiments confirm that polymer‐grade propylene (99.5%) can be obtained by this process, demonstrating its true potential as an alternative sorbent for efficient separation of propane/propylene mixtures.},
doi = {10.1002/adma.201805088},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1609983}, journal = {Advanced Materials},
issn = {0935-9648},
number = 49,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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