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Journal Article
Differential guest location by host dynamics enhances propylene/propane separation in a metal-organic framework
2020
Overview
Energy-efficient approaches to propylene/propane separation such as molecular sieving are of considerable importance for the petrochemical industry. The metal organic framework
NbOFFIVE
-1-Ni adsorbs propylene but not propane at room temperature and atmospheric pressure, whereas the isostructural
SIFSIX
-3-Ni does not exclude propane under the same conditions. The static dimensions of the pore openings of both materials are too small to admit either guest, signalling the importance of host dynamics for guest entrance to and transport through the channels. We use ab initio calculations together with crystallographic and adsorption data to show that the dynamics of the two framework-forming units, polyatomic anions and pyrazines, govern both diffusion and separation. The guest diffusion occurs by opening of the flexible window formed by four pyrazines. In
NbOFFIVE
-1-Ni, (NbOF
5
)
2−
anion reorientation locates propane away from the window, which enhances propylene/propane separation.
Porous materials acting as molecular sieves for propylene/propane separation are important for the petrochemical industry. Here the authors show an example of how specific guest-host interactions can result in structural changes in the porous host and shut down diffusion of one of the two similar guest molecules.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK,Nature Publishing Group,Nature Portfolio
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