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Molecular Sieving of Ethylene from Ethane using a Rigid Metal-Organic Framework

November 26, 2018
Author(s)
Rui-Biao Lin, Libo Li, Hao-Long Zhou, Hui Wu, Chaohui He, Shun Li, Rajamani Krishna, Jinping Li, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen
There are great challenges in developing efficient adsorbents to replace currently used and energy-intensive cryogenic distillation processes for olefin/paraffin separations, due to the similar physical properties of the two molecules. We report an

A Metal?Organic Framework with Suitable Pore Size and Specific Functional Site for the Removal of Trace Propyne from Propylene

November 7, 2018
Author(s)
Libo Li, Hui-Min Wen, Chaohui He, Rui-Biao Lin, Rajamani Krishna, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Jinping Li, Banglin Chen
Removal of trace propylene (C 3H 4) from propylene/propyne (C 3H 4/C 3H 6) mixtures is more complicated and challenging than that of acetylene/ethylene (C 2H 2/C 2H 4) in view of their closer molecular sizes and physical properties. Research on C 3H 4C 3H

Ethane/Ethylene Separation in a Metal-Organic Framework with Iron-Peroxo Sites

October 26, 2018
Author(s)
Libo Li, Rui-Biao Lin, Rajamani Krishna, Hao Li, Shengchang Xiang, Hui Wu, Jinping Li, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen
The separation of ethane from its corresponding ethylene is a very important challenging and energy-intensive process in the chemical industry. Herein we report a microporous metal-organic framework Fe 2(O 2)(dobdc) (dobdc 4-: 2,5-dioxido-1,4

Boosting Ethane/Ethylene Separation within Isoreticular Ultramicroporous Metal-Organic Frameworks

October 11, 2018
Author(s)
Rui-Biao Lin, Hui Wu, Libo Li, Xiao-Liang Tang, Zhiqiang Li, Junkuo Gao, Hui Cui, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen
The separation of ethane from its analogous ethylene is of great importance in the petrochemical industry, but very challenging and energy-intensive. Adsorptive separation using C cH 6-selective porous materials can directly produce high purity C 2H 4 in a

Visualizing Structural Transformation and Guest Binding in a Flexible Metal-Organic Framework under High Pressure and Room Temperature

October 1, 2018
Author(s)
Hui Yang, Feng Guo, Prem Lama, Gaurav Verma, Wen-Yang Gao, Hui Wu, Leonard J. Barbour, Wei Zhou, Jian Zhang, Briana Aguila, Shengqian Ma
Understanding effect of gas molecules on the framework structures upon gas sorption in porous materials is highly desirable for the development of gas storage and separation technologies. However, this remains challenging for flexible metal-organic

Nature of Decahydro-Closo-Decaborate Anion Reorientations in an Ordered Alkali-Metal Salt: Rb 2 B 10 H 10

July 12, 2018
Author(s)
Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Vitalie Stavila, Alexei V. Soloninin, Roman V. Skoryunov, Olga A. Babanova, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Wan Si Tang, Antonio Faraone, Jacob Daniel Tarver, Benjamin Trump, Alexander V. Skripov, Terrence J. Udovic
The ordered monoclinic phase of the alkali-metal decahydro-closodecaborate salt Rb 2B 10H 10 was found to be stable from about 250 K all the way up to an order-disorder phase transition temperature of approximately equal} 762 K. The broad temperature range

Controlling Pore Shape and Size of Interpenetrated Anion-Pillared Ultramicroporous Materials Enables Molecular Sieving of CO 2 Combined with Ultrahigh Uptake Capacity

May 16, 2018
Author(s)
Mengdie Jiang, Bin Li, Xili Cui, Qiwei Yang, Zongbi Bao, Yiwen Yang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen, Huabin Xing
The separation of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from hydrocarbons is a critical process for the production of clean energy and high-purity chemicals. Adsorption based on molecular sieving is an energy-saving separation process; however most of molecular sieves

Fine Tuning and Specific Binding Sites with a Porous Hydrogen-Bonded Metal-Complex Framework for Gas Selective Separations

May 14, 2018
Author(s)
Zongbi Bao, Danyan Xie, Ganggang Chang, Hui Wu, Liangying Li, Wei Zhou, Hailong Wang, Zhiguo Zhang, Huabin Xing, Qiwei Yang, Michaek J. Zaworotko, Qilong Ren, Banglin Chen
Research on HOFs has been developed for quite a long time; however, those with both established permanent porosities and functional properties are extremely rare due to weak hydrogen-bonding interactions among molecular organic linkers which are much more

Order-Disorder Transitions and Superionic Conductivity in the Sodium Nido-Undeca(carba)borates

December 26, 2017
Author(s)
Wan Si NMN Tang, Mirjana NMN Dimitrievska, Vitalie Stavila, Wei Zhou, Hui Wu, A. Alec Talin, Terrence J. Udovic
The salt compounds NaB 11H 14, Na-7-CB 10H 13, Li-7-CB 10H 13, Na-7,8-Cd2^B 9H 12, and Na-7,9-C 2B 9H 12 all contain geometrically similar, monocharged, nido-undeca(carba)borate anions (i.e., truncated icosohedral-shaped clusters constructed of only eleven

An Ideal Molecular Sieve for Acetylene Removal from Ethylene with Record Selectivity and Productivity

December 20, 2017
Author(s)
Bin Li, Xili Cui, Dan O'Nolan, Hui-Min Wen, Mengdie Jiang, Rajamani Krishna, Hui Wu, Rui-Biao Lin, Yu-Sheng Chen, Daqiang Yuan, Huabin Xing, Wei Zhou, Qilong Ren, Guodong Qian, Michael J. Zaworotko, Banglin Chen
Realization of ideal molecular sieves, in which the larger gas molecules are completely blocked without sacrificing high adsorption capacities of the preferred smaller gas molecules, can significantly reduce energy costs for gas separation and purification

Latent Porosity in Alkali-Metal M 2 B 12 F 12 Salts: Structures and Rapid Room-Temperature Hydration/Dehydration Cycles

October 2, 2017
Author(s)
Dmitry V. Peryshkov, Eric V. Bukovsky, Matthew R. Lacroix, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, W. Matthew Jones, Matic Lozinsek, Travis C. Folsom, D. Luke Heyliger, Terrence J. Udovic, Steven H. Strauss
Structures of the alkali metal hydrates Li 2(H 2O) 4Z, LiK(H 2O) 4, Na 2(H 2O) 3Z, and Rb 2(H 2O) 2Z, unit cell parameters for Rb 2Z and Rb 2(H 2O) 2Z, and the DFT-optimized structures of K 2Z, K 2(H 2O) 2Z, Rb 2Z, Rb 2(H 2O) 2Z, Cs 2Z, and Cs 2(H 2O)Z are

Efficient Separation of Ethylene from Acetylene/Ethylene Mixtures by a Flexible-Robust Metal-Organic Framework

September 24, 2017
Author(s)
Libo Li, Rui-Biao Lin, Rajamani Krishna, Xiaoqing Wang, Bin Li, Hui Wu, Jinping Li, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen
During the production of polymer-grade ethylene, trace amounts of acetylene (about 1%) in the ethylene feed needs to be reduced to 40 parts per million (ppm). We herein report a metal-organic framework (MOF) of flexible-robust nature for efficient removal

Fine Tuning of MOF-505 Analogues to Reduce Low-Pressure Methane Uptake and Enhance Methane Working Capacity

September 7, 2017
Author(s)
Mingxing Zhang, Wei Zhou, Tony Pham, Katherine A. Forrest, Wenlong Liu, Yabing He, Hui Wu, Taner N. Yildirim, Banglin Chen, Brian Space, Yi Pan, Michael J. Zaworotko, Junfeng Bai
We present a crystal engineering strategy to fine tune the pore chemistry of a family of isomorphous MOFs with similar pore size, pore surface properties and surface area (around 3000 m 2 g -1). Targeting PCN-14 variants in order to enhance its CH 4

Switching Between Giant Positive and Negative Thermal Expansions of a YFe(CN) 6 -Based Prussian Blue Analogue Induced by Guest Species

July 24, 2017
Author(s)
Qilong Gao, Jun Chen, Qiang Sun, Dahu Chang, Qingzhen Huang, Hui Wu, Andrea Sanson, Ruggero Milazzo, He Zhu, Qiang Li, Zhanning Liu, Jinxia Deng, Xianran Xing
The control of thermal expansion of solid compounds is intriguing but remains challenge. In this study, we investigate the effect of guests on the thermal expansion of open-framework structures. It is interesting to observe that the presence of guest ions

Transition and Alkali Metal Complex Ternary Amides for Ammonia Synthesis and Decomposition

July 21, 2017
Author(s)
Hujun Cao, Jianping Guo, Fei Chang, Claudio Pistidda, Wei Zhou, Xilun Zhang, Antonio Santoru, Hui Wu, Norbert Schell, Rainer Niewa, Ping Chen, Thomas Klassen, Martin Dornheim
A new complex ternary amide Rb 2[Mn(NHd2) 4], which simultaneously contains both transition and alkali metal catalytic sites, is developed. This is in line with the recently reported TM-LiH composite catalysts, which has been shown to effectively break the