Tuning the Channel Size and Structure Flexibility of Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Selective Adsorption of Noble Gases

Liang Yu; Shunshun Xiong; Yuhan Lin; Liangying Li; Junjie Peng; Wei Liu; Xiaoxi Huang; Hao Wang; Jing Li

doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02449

Tuning the Channel Size and Structure Flexibility of Metal-Organic Frameworks for the Selective Adsorption of Noble Gases

Inorg Chem. 2019 Nov 18;58(22):15025-15028. doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02449. Epub 2019 Oct 18.

Authors

Liang Yu¹, Shunshun Xiong², Yuhan Lin¹, Liangying Li^{3

4}, Junjie Peng⁵, Wei Liu¹, Xiaoxi Huang¹, Hao Wang¹, Jing Li^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials , Shenzhen Polytechnic , Shenzhen , Guangdong 518055 , China.
² Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry , China Academy of Engineering Physics , Mianyang , Sichuan 621900 , China.
³ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , Rutgers University , 123 Bevier Road , Piscataway , New Jersey 08854 , United States.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering , Zhejiang University , Hangzhou , Zhejiang 310027 , China.
⁵ School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , South China University of Technology , Guangzhou , Guangdong 510641 , China.

PMID: 31625727
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b02449

Abstract

Two ultramicroporous metal-organic frameworks, Zn(ox)_0.5(trz) and Zn(ox)_0.5(atrz) (ox = oxalate, trz = triazolate, and atrz = 3-aminotriazolate), have been synthesized and tested for the adsorptive separation of Xe and Kr. We demonstrate that the Xe/Kr adsorption selectivity relates to the pore size as well as the structure flexibility of the adsorbents.