A. Gładysiak, K. S. Deeg, I. Dovgaliuk, A. Chidambaram, K. Ordiz, P. G. Boyd, S. M. Moosavi, D. Ongari, J. A. R. Navarro, B. Smit, and K. C. Stylianou, A bi-porous metal–organic framework with tuneable CO2/CH4 separation performance facilitated by intrinsic flexibility ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 10 (42), 36144 (2018) Doi: 10.1021/acsami.8b13362
Abstract: In this work, we report the synthesis of SION-8, a novel metal–organic framework (MOF) based on Ca(II) and a tetracarboxylate ligand TBAPy4– endowed with two chemically distinct types of pores characterised by their hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties. By altering the activation conditions, we gained access to two bulk materials: the fully activated SION-8F and the partially activated SION-8P with exclusively the hydrophobic pores activated. SION-8P shows high affinity for both CO2 (Qst = 28.4 kJ/mol) and CH4 (Qst = 21.4 kJ/mol), while upon full-activation, the difference in affinity for CO2 (Qst = 23.4 kJ/mol) and CH4 (Qst = 16.0 kJ/mol) is more pronounced. The intrinsic flexibility of both materials results in complex adsorption behaviour and greater adsorption of gas molecules than if the materials were rigid. Their CO2/CH4 separation performance was tested in fixed-bed breakthrough experiments using binary gas mixtures of different compositions and rationalised in terms of molecular interactions. SION-8F showed a 40%–160% increase (depending on the temperature and the gas mixture composition probed) of the CO2/CH4 dynamic breakthrough selectivity compared to SION-8P, demonstrating the possibility to rationally tune the separation performance of a single MOF by manipulating the stepwise activation made possible by the MOF’s bi-porous nature.
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