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Sulfonylcalix[4]arene-based metal-organic polyhedra with hierarchical porous structures for efficient Xe/Kr separation

Wei-Long Shan1,3( ), Mao-Lian Xu1, Huan-Huan Hou1, Peng Zhao1, Qing-Yun Zhang2, Meng-Jia Yin2, Feng Luo2( )
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Maanshan 243002, China
State key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, School of Chemistry, Biology and Material Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China
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Metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs) with hierarchical porous structures have been prepared from Zn4-p-tert-butylsulfonylcalix[4]arene clusters and three rigid organic ligands with different lengths. The high adsorption capacity of Xe and efficient Xe/Kr (20/80, v/v) separation performance of sulfonylcalix[4]arene-based MOPs were confirmed for the first time.

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Multiple space from the interior of metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs), the exterior among MOPs, and the inherent nature of big organic molecules makes MOPs as promising platform with hierarchical porous structures, especially when well-elucidated reticular chemistry principles were used. Herein we describe the preparation of a series of isoreticular octahedral MOPs featuring Zn4-p-tert-butylsulfonylcalix[4]arene clusters by the metal-directed assembly of three rigid organic ligands with different lengths. Intercage hydrogen-bonds and hydrophobic interactions between sulfonylcalix[4]arene groups direct the stacking of discrete MOPs into a novel permanent hierarchical porous material. More importantly, the optimal MOP 1-Zn exhibits high adsorption capacity of Xe and excellent Xe/Kr (20/80, v/v) separation performance, as demonstrated by adsorption isotherms, breakthrough experiments, and density functional theory calculations. Additionally, grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) and dispersion-corrected density functional theory (DFT-D) theoretical calculations provide molecular-level insight over the adsorption/separation mechanism.

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metal-organic polyhedralsulfonylcalix[4]arenehierarchical porous materialXe/Krseparation

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Nano Research
Volume 16 Issue 2,
February 2023
Pages 2536-2542
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-022-4909-y
Cite this article:
Shan W-L, Xu M-L, Hou H-H, et al. Sulfonylcalix[4]arene-based metal-organic polyhedra with hierarchical porous structures for efficient Xe/Kr separation. Nano Research, 2023, 16(2): 2536-2542. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12274-022-4909-y
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Received: 15 May 2022
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Accepted: 16 August 2022
Published: 13 September 2022
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