Li, L.
, Lin, R.
, Krishna, R.
, Wang, X.
, Li, B.
, Wu, H.
, Li, J.
, Zhou, W.
and Chen, B.
(2017),
A Flexible-Robust Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Removal of Propyne from Propylene, Journal of American Chemical Society, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=923585
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A Flexible-Robust Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Removal of Propyne from Propylene
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Libo Li, Rui-Baio Lin, Rajamani Krishna, Xiaoqing Wang, Bin Li, , Jinping Li, , Banglin Chen
Abstract
The removal of trace amount of propyne from propylene is critical for the production of polymer-grade propylene. We herein report the first example of metal-organic frameworks of flexible-robust nature for the efficient propyne/propylene separation. The strong binding affinity and suitable pore confinement for propyne account for its high uptake capacity and selectivity, as evidenced by neutron powder diffraction studies and density functional theory calculations. The purity of obtained propylene is over 99.9998% as demonstrated by experimental breakthrough curves of 1/99 propyne/propylene mixture.Citation
Journal of American Chemical Society
Volume
139
Issue
23
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Journals
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Keywords
Porous materials, Gas separation
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Created June 14, 2017, Updated October 12, 2021