Although numerous porous adsorbents have been investigated for NH3 capture applications, these materials often exhibit insufficient NH3 uptake, low NH3 affinity at the ppm level, and poor chemical stability against wet NH3 conditions. The NH3 capture properties of M2(dobpdc) complexes (M=Mg2+, Mn2+, Co2+, Ni2+, and Zn2+; dobpdc4−=4,4‐dioxidobiphenyl‐3,3‐dicarboxylate) that contain open metal sites is presented. The NH3 uptake of Mg2(dobpdc) at 298 K was 23.9 mmol g−1 at 1 bar and 8.25 mmol g−1 at 570 ppm, which are record high capacities at both pressures among existing porous adsorbents. The structural stability of Mg2(dobpdc) upon exposure to wet NH3 was superior to that of the other M2(dobpdc) and the frameworks tested. Overall, these results demonstrate that Mg2(dobpdc) is a recyclable compound that exhibits significant NH3 affinity and capacity, making it a promising candidate for real‐world NH3‐capture applications.
An S‐shaped gas isotherm pattern displays high working capacity in pressure‐swing adsorption cycle, as established for CO2, CH4, acetylene, and CO. However, to our knowledge, this type of adsorption behavior has not been revealed for NH3 gas. Herein, we design and characterize a hydrogen‐bonded organic framework (HOF) that can adsorb NH3 uniquely in an S‐shape (type IV) fashion. While conventional porous materials, mostly with type I NH3 adsorption behavior, require relatively high regeneration temperature, this platform which has significant working capacity is easily regenerated and recyclable at room temperature.
Although ethylene (C2H4) is one of the most critical chemicals used as a feedstock in artificial plastic chemistry fields, it is challenging to obtain high‐purity C2H4 gas without any trace ethane (C2H6) by the oil cracking process. Adsorptive separation using C2H6‐selective adsorbents is beneficial because it directly produces high‐purity C2H4 in a single step. Herein, Ni(IN)2 (HIN = isonicotinic acid) is computationally discovered as a promising adsorbent with the assistance of the multiscale high‐throughput computational screening workflow and Computation‐Ready, Experimental (CoRE) metal–organic framework (MOF) 2019 database. Ni(IN)2 is subsequently synthesized and tested to show the ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) selectivity of 2.45 at 1 bar for a C2H6/C2H4 mixture (1:15), which is one of the top‐performing selectivity values reported for C2H6‐selective MOFs as well as excellent recyclability, suggesting that this material is a promising C2H6‐selective adsorbent. Process‐level simulation results based on experimental isotherms demonstrate that the material is one of the top materials reported to date for ethane/ethylene separation under the conditions considered in this work.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is aimed at disposing the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by power plants. As next-generation adsorbents, metal–organic framework (MOF) adsorbents with high surface area, tunable pore...
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