Adsorption separation of heavier isotope gases in subnanometer carbon pores

Ujjain, Sanjeev Kumar; Bagusetty, Abhishek; Matsuda, Yuki; Tanaka, Hideki; Ahuja, Preety; de Tomas, Carla; Sakai, Motomu; Vallejos-Burgos, Fernando; Futamura, Ryusuke; Suarez-Martinez, Irene; Matsukata, Masahiko; Kodama, Akio; Garberoglio, Giovanni; Gogotsi, Yury; Karl Johnson, J.; Kaneko, Katsumi

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-20744-6

Title: Adsorption separation of heavier isotope gases in subnanometer carbon pores

Journal Article · Fri Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20744-6· OSTI ID:1816768

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Shinshu Univ., Matsumoto, Nagano (Japan). Research Initiative for Supra-Materials
Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Kanazawa Univ. (Japan). Inst. of Science and Engineering
Curtin Univ., Perth, WA (Australia). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Waseda Univ., Shinjuku (Japan). Research Organization for Nano and Life Innovation
Shinshu Univ., Matsumoto, Nagano (Japan). Research Initiative for Supra-Materials; Carbon Science Centre of Excellence, State College, PA (United States). Morgan Advanced Materials
Waseda Univ., Shinjuku (Japan). School of Advanced Science and Engineering
European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas (FBK-ECT*), Trento (Italy); Trento Institute for Fundamental Physics and Applications (TIFPA-INFN), Trento (Italy)
Shinshu Univ., Matsumoto, Nagano (Japan). Research Initiative for Supra-Materials; Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States). A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology Inst. Dept. of Material Science

Isotopes of heavier gases including carbon (¹³C/¹⁴C), nitrogen (¹³N), and oxygen (¹⁸O) are highly important because they can be substituted for naturally occurring atoms without significantly perturbing the biochemical properties of the radiolabelled parent molecules. These labelled molecules are employed in clinical radiopharmaceuticals, in studies of brain disease and as imaging probes for advanced medical imaging techniques such as positron-emission tomography (PET). Established distillation-based isotope gas separation methods have a separation factor (S) below 1.05 and incur very high operating costs due to high energy consumption and long processing times, highlighting the need for new separation technologies. Here, we show a rapid and highly selective adsorption-based separation of ¹⁸O₂ from ¹⁶O₂ with Sabove 60 using nanoporous adsorbents operating near the boiling point of methane (112 K), which is accessible through cryogenic liquefied-natural-gas technology. A collective-nuclear-quantum effect difference between the ordered ¹⁸O₂ and ¹⁶O₂ molecular assemblies confined in subnanometer pores can explain the observed equilibrium separation and is applicable to other isotopic gases.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; CBET1703266; ACI-1548562; TG-DMR110091; FT140100191

OSTI ID:: 1816768

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 12, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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