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Ultrahigh and Selective SO 2 Uptake in Inorganic Anion-Pillared Hybrid Porous Materials

July 21, 2017
Author(s)
Xili Cui, Qiwei Yang, Lifeng Yang, Rajamani Krishna, Zhiguo Zhang, Zongbi Bao, Hui Wu, Zongbi Ren, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen, Huabin Xing
The efficient capture of SO 2 is of great significance in gas purification processes including the flue gas desulfurization (FGD) and natural gas purification, but the design of porous materials with high adsorption capacity and selectivity of SO 2 remains

A Flexible-Robust Metal-Organic Framework for Efficient Removal of Propyne from Propylene

June 15, 2017
Author(s)
Libo Li, Rui-Baio Lin, Rajamani Krishna, Xiaoqing Wang, Bin Li, Hui Wu, Jinping Li, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen
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

Optimized Separating Acetylene from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene in a Microporous Material

June 15, 2017
Author(s)
Rui-Biao Lin, Libo Li, Hui Wu, Hadi Arman, Bin Li, Rong-Guang Lin, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen
Selective separation of acetylene (C 2Hd2^)from carbon dioxide (CO 2) or ethylene (C 2H 4) needs specific porous materials whose pores can realize sieving effects while pore surfaces can differentiate their recognitions for these molecules of similar

A Microporous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework with Amine Sites for Selective Recognition of Small Molecules

May 15, 2017
Author(s)
Hailong Wang, Hui Wu, Jinglan Kan, Ganggang Chang, Zizhu Yao, Bin Li, Wei Zhou, Shengchang Xiang, John Cong-Gui Zhao, Banglin Chen
A three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF-9) with suitable pore sizes and functional amine groups on the pore surfaces has been realized, exhibiting a highly selective recognition towards pyridine over BTX (BTX stans for benzene, toluene

Comparison of the Coordination of B 12 F 12 ^2-^, B 12 Cl 12 2- , and B 12 H 12 ^2-^ to Na + in the Solid State: Crystal Structures and Thermal Behavior of Na 2 (B 12

April 6, 2017
Author(s)
Eric V. Bukovsky, Dmitry V. Peryshkov, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Wan Si NMN Tang, W. Matthew Jones, Vitalie Stavila, Terrence J. Udovic, Steven H. Strauss
The synthesis of high-purity Na 2B 12F 12 and the crystal structures of Na 2(B 12F 12) (5 K neutron powder diffraction (NPD)), Na 2(H 2O) 4(B 12F 12) (120 K single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD), Na 2(B 12Cl 12) (5 K and 295 K NPD), and Na 2(H 2O) 6(B

Development of Potential Organic-Molecule-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials: Converting C-N Bond-Breaking Thermolysis of Guanidine to N-H Bond-Breaking Dehydrogenation

September 8, 2016
Author(s)
Xiuquan Zhou, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Taner N. Yildirim, John J. Rush, Efrain E. Rodriguez, Hui Wu
The small organic molecule guanidine CN 3H 5 can be anionized via a facile reaction with alkali-metal hydrides or amides with the formation of metal guanidinates (MCN 3H 4) and their guanidine adducts. They crystal structures and thermal decomposition

The Low-Temperature Structural Behavior of Sodium 1-Carba-closo-decaborate: NaCB 9 H 10

August 21, 2016
Author(s)
Hui Wu, Wan Si NMN Tang, Wei Zhou, Jacob Daniel Tarver, Vitalie Stavila, Craig Brown, Terrence J. Udovic
Two ordered phases of the novel solid superionic conductor sodium 1-carba-closo-decaborate (NaCB 9H 10) were identified via synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction in combination with first-principles calculations and neutron vibrational spectroscopy. A

Stabilizing Lithium and Sodium Fast-Ion Conduction in Solid Polyhedral-Borate Salts at Device-Relevant Temperatures

July 1, 2016
Author(s)
Wan Si NMN Tang, Motoaki Matsuo, Hui Wu, Vitalie Stavila, Atsushi Unemoto, Shin-Ichi Orimo, Terrence J. Udovic
Mechanically milling a variety of lithium and sodium closo-borate compounds enables the room-temperature stabilization of their fast-ion-conducting, high-T-like disordered phases. This represents a viable strategy for better exploiting the impressive

Pore Chemistry and Size Control in Hybrid Porous Materials for Acetylene Capture from Ethylene

May 20, 2016
Author(s)
Xili Cui, Kaijie Chen, Huabin Xing, Qiwei Yang, Rajamani Krishna, Zongbi Bao, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Xinglong Dong, Yu Han, Bin Li, Qilong Ren, Michael J. Zaworotko, Banglin Chen
The trade-off between physical adsorption capacity and selectivity of porous materials is a major barrier for efficient gas separation and purification through physisorption. We report control over pore chemistry and size in copper coordination networks

UTSA-74: A MOF-74 Isomer with Two Accessible Binding Sites per Metal Center for Highly Selective Gas Separation

May 4, 2016
Author(s)
Feng Luo, Changsheng Yan, Lilong Dang, Rajamani Krishna, Wei Zhou, Hui Wu, Xinglong Dong, Yu Han, Tong-Liang Hu, Michael O'Keeffe, Lingling Wang, Mingbiao Luo, Rui-Biao Lin, Banglin Chen
A new metal-organic framework Zn 2(H 2O)(dobdc)¿0.5(H 2O) (UTSA-74, H 4dobdc=2,5-dioxido-1,4- benzenedicarboxylic acid), Zn-MOF-74/CPO-27-Zn isomer, has been synthesized and structurally characterized. It has a novel four coordinated fgl topology with one

Fast Lithium-Ionic Conduction in a New Complex Hydride-Sulphide Crystalline Phase

January 11, 2016
Author(s)
Atsushi Unemoto, Hui Wu, Terrence J. Udovic, Motoaki Matsuo, Tamio Ikeshoji, Shin-Ichi Orimo
A new crystalline phase derived from a 90LiBH 4:10P 2S 5 mixture displays high lithium-ionic conductivity of log(ς/S cm -1) = 3.0 at 300 K. It is stable up to 473 K and has both a wide potential window of 0-5 V and favorable mechanical properties for

Unparalleled Lithium and Sodium Superionic Conduction in Solid Electrolytes with Large Monovalent Cage-like Anions

October 8, 2015
Author(s)
Wan Si NMN Tang, Atsushi Unemoto, Wei Zhou, Vitalie Stavila, Motoaki Matsuo, Hui Wu, Shin-Ichi Orimo, Terrence J. Udovic
Solid electrolytes with sufficiently high conductivities and stabilities are the elusive answer to the inherent shortcomings of organic liquid electrolytes prevalent in today's rechargeable batteries. We recently revealed a novel fast-ion-conducting sodium

A Flexible Microporous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework for Gas Sorption and Separation

August 12, 2015
Author(s)
Hailong Wang, Bin Li, Hui Wu, Tong-Liang Hu, Zizhu Yao, Wei Zhou, Shengchang Xiang, Banglin Chen
A microporous three-dimensional hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF-5) has been constructed from a new organic linker 4,4'r", r"'(2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazin-6-yl)tetraphenylethene. Activated HOF-4a exhibits a stepwise N 2 adsorption isotherm at 77 K

Microporous Metal-Organic Framework with Dual Functionalities for Highly Efficient Removal of Acetylene from Ethylene/Acetylene Mixtures

July 4, 2015
Author(s)
Tong-Liang Hu, Hailong Wang, Bin Li, Rajamani Krishna, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Yunfeng Zhao, Yu Han, Xue Wang, Weidong Zhu, Zizhu Yao, Shengchang Xiang, Banglin Chen
The removal of acetylene from ethylene/acetylene mixtures containing 1% acetylene is a technologically very important but highly challenging task. Current removal approaches include the partial hydrogenation of acetylene (C 2H 2) into ethylene (C 2H 4)

Copper-Substituted Iron Telluride: A Phase Diagram

June 22, 2015
Author(s)
Patrick N. Valdivia, Min Gyu Kim, Thomas R. Forrest, Zhijun Xu, Meng Wang, Hui Wu, Leland Harriger, Edith D. Bourret-Courchesne, Robert J. Birgeneau
Metal site alloying of the iron chalcogenides is known to give rise to bulk insulating states with no known analogue in the iron arsenide phase diagrams. We have studied the structure, magnetic, and transport properties of copper substituted iron telluride

Invar-like Behavior of Antiperovskite Mn 3+x Ni 1-x N Compounds

March 5, 2015
Author(s)
Sihao Deng, Ying Sun, Hui Wu, Qingzhen Huang, Jun Yan, Kewen Shi, Muhammad Imran Malik, Huiqing Lu, Lei Wang, Rongjin Huang, Laifeng Li, Cong Wang
The antiperovskite Mn 3+xNi 1-xN compounds have been synthesized and characterized by a variety of experimental techniques. After Mn doping at Ni site, both ferromagnetic characteristics and Invar-like effect were observed in the antiferromagnetic host

Structural Behavior of Li 2 B 10 H 10

March 2, 2015
Author(s)
Hui Wu, Wan Si NMN Tang, Vitalie Stavila, Wei Zhou, John J. Rush, Terrence J. Udovic
Based on x-ray and neutron powder diffraction, first-principles calculations, and neutron vibrational spectroscopy, Li 2B 10H 10 was found to exhibit atypical hexagonal-close-packed symmetry to best stabilize the ionic packing of the relatively small Li +

Coexistence of Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism in (Li 0.8 Fe 0.2 ) OHFeSe

March 1, 2015
Author(s)
X. F. Lu, N. Z. Wang, Hui Wu, Y. P. Wu, D. Zhao, X. Z. Zeng, X. G. Luo, T. Wu, W. Bao, G. H. Zhang, F. Q. Huang, Qingzhen Huang, X. H. Chen
FeSe-derived superconductors show some unique behaviors relative to iron-pnictide superconductors, which are very helpful to understand the mechanism of superconductivity in high-T c iron-based superconductors. The low-energy electronic structure of the