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Utilization of cationic microporous metal-organic framework for efficient Xe/Kr separation

Lingshan Gong1,§, Ying Liu2,§, Junyu Ren1, Abdullah M. Al-Enizi3, Ayman Nafady3, Yingxiang Ye1( ), Zongbi Bao2( ), Shengqian Ma1( )
Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76201, USA
Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

§ Lingshan Gong and Ying Liu contributed equally to this work.

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Xenon/krypton mixtures can be efficiently separated by cationic microporous metal-organic framework with uniform three-dimensional interconnection channels.

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The separation of xenon/krypton (Xe/Kr) mixtures plays a vital role in the industrial process of manufacturing high-purity xenon. Compared with energy-intensive cryogenic distillation, porous materials based on physical adsorption are very promising in the low-cost and energy-saving separation processes. Herein, we show that a cationic metal-organic framework (named as FJU-55) exhibits highly efficient Xe/Kr separation performance, which can be attributable to its uniform three-dimensional (3D) interconnection channels and the electro-positive features as the host framework. Moreover, FJU-55 demonstrates good Xe adsorption capacity of 1.41 mmol/g and excellent Xe/Kr selectivity of 10 (298 K and 100 kPa), together with a high Qst value of 39.4 kJ/mol at low coverage area. The superior Xe/Kr separation performance of FJU-55 was further confirmed by the dynamic breakthrough experiments. Results obtained via molecular modeling studies have revealed that the suitable pore size and abundant accessible aromatic ligands in FJU-55 could offer strong multiple C–H∙∙∙Xe interactions, which play a collaborative role in this challenging gas separation task.

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gas separationcationic metal-organic frameworkmicroporousxenon capturekrypton

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Nano Research
Volume 15 Issue 8,
August 2022
Pages 7559-7564
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4383-6
Cite this article:
Gong L, Liu Y, Ren J, et al. Utilization of cationic microporous metal-organic framework for efficient Xe/Kr separation. Nano Research, 2022, 15(8): 7559-7564. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4383-6
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Received: 20 January 2022
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