Effective utilization of Ag(I) π-complexation adsorbents for practical C 2 H 4 /C 2 H 6 separation urges both good separating performances and high stabilities. In this work, we incorporated AgNO 3 onto a typical metal− organic framework (MOF) of MIL-101 to obtain efficient Ag(I) πcomplexation adsorbents. It was found that the separation performances were highly dependent on the location of the AgNO 3 , which could be at the interior or the exterior of nanoporous MIL-101. Confining AgNO 3 inside the nanopores of MIL-101 was achieved through employing a double-solvent approach. The resulting AgM-DS adsorbents exhibited superior performances compared with not only pristine MIL-101 but also other modified samples with AgNO 3 at the exterior of MIL-101. To be specific, the optimal 1.6AgM-DS adsorbent secured good C 2 H 4 /C 2 H 6 separation, which is C 2 H 4 uptake (75.5 cm 3 •g −1 ) and C 2 H 4 /C 2 H 6 selectivity (9.5) at 100 kPa. For comparison, the C 2 H 4 uptakes for MIL-101, 1.6AgM-WI, and 1.6AgM-SG were merely 48.1, 56.0, and 19.4 cm 3 •g −1 , and the corresponding IAST selectivity was only 1.1, 8.1, and 1.8, respectively. It was further indicated that the 1.6AgM-DS adsorbent maintained good stability for 3 weeks, alleviating the light sensitivity of AgNO 3 . This work opens an avenue for constructing stable Ag(I) sites on MOFs to develop π-complexation adsorbents.