A Robust Metal-Organic Framework with Scalable Synthesis and Optimal Adsorption and Desorption for Energy-Efficient Ethylene Purification

Adsorptive separation is an energy-efficient alternative, but its advancement has been hindered by the challenge of industrially potential adsorbents development. Herein, a novel ultra-microporous metal-organic framework ZU-901 is designed that satisfies the basic criteria raised by ethylene/ethane (C₂H₄/C₂H₆) pressure swing adsorption (PSA). ZU-901 exhibits an “S” shaped C₂H₄ curve with high sorbent selection parameter (65) and could be mildly regenerated. Through green aqueous-phase synthesis, ZU-901 is easily scalable with 99 % yield, and it is stable in water, acid, basic solutions and cycling breakthrough experiments. Polymer-grade C₂H₄ (99.51 %) could be obtained via a simulating two-bed PSA process, and the corresponding energy consumption is only 1/10 of that of simulating cryogenic distillation. Our work has demonstrated the great potential of pore engineering in designing porous materials with desired adsorption and desorption behavior to implement an efficient PSA process.     

Spatial Distribution of Nitrogen Binding Sites in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Selective Ethane Adsorption and One-Step Ethylene Purification

The one-step purification of ethylene (C₂H₄) from mixtures containing ethane (C₂H₆) and acetylene (C₂H₂) is an industrially important yet challenging process. In this work, we present a site-engineering strategy aimed at manipulating the spatial distribution of binding sites within a confined pore space. We realized successfully by incorporating nitrogen-containing heterocycles, such as indole-5-carboxylic acid (Ind), benzimidazole-5-carboxylic acid (Bzz), and indazole-5-carboxylic acid (Izo), into the robust MOF-808 platform via post-synthetic modification. The resulting functionalized materials, namely MOF-808-Ind, MOF-808-Bzz, and MOF-808-Izo, demonstrated significantly improved selectivity for C₂H₂ and C₂H₆ over C₂H₄. MOF-808-Bzz with two uniformly distributed nitrogen binding sites gave the optimal geometry for selective ethane trapping through multiple strong C−H⋅⋅⋅N hydrogen bonds, leading to the highest C₂H₂/C₂H₄ and C₂H₆/C₂H₄ combined selectivities among known MOFs. Column breakthrough experiments validated its ability to purify C₂H₄ from ternary C₂H₂/C₂H₄/C₂H₆ mixtures in a single step.     

Frontispiece: Induced-Fit-Identification in a Rigid Metal-Organic Framework for ppm-Level CO2 Removal and Ultra-Pure CO Enrichment

Removing CO₂ from crude syngas via physical adsorption is an effective method to yield eligible syngas. However, the bottleneck in trapping ppm-level CO₂ and improving CO purity at higher working temperatures are major challenges. Here we report a thermoresponsive metal–organic framework ( 1 a-apz ), assembled by rigid Mg₂(dobdc) ( 1 a ) and aminopyrazine (apz), which not only affords an ultra-high CO₂ capacity (145.0/197.6 cm³ g⁻¹ (0.01/0.1 bar) at 298 K) but also produces ultra-pure CO (purity ≥99.99 %) at a practical ambient temperature (T_A). Several characterization results, including variable-temperature tests, in situ high-resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction (HR-SXRD), and simulations, explicitly unravel that the excellent property is attributed to the induced-fit-identification in 1 a-apz that comprises self-adaption of apz, multiple binding sites, and complementary electrostatic potential (ESP). Breakthrough tests suggest that 1 a-apz can remove CO₂ from 1/99 CO₂/CO mixtures at practical 348 K, yielding 70.5 L kg⁻¹ of CO with ultra-high purity of ≥99.99 %. The excellent separation performance is also revealed by separating crude syngas that contains quinary mixtures of H₂/N₂/CH₄/CO/CO₂ (46/18.3/2.4/32.3/1, v/v/v/v/v).     

三维开放骨架镧系金属有机配位聚合物Tm(BTC)(DMF)(DMSO)的合成、结构和性质

以稀土元素铥(Tm) 作为金属中心, 均苯三甲酸(H3BTC)作为有机配体制备了一个新型的三维配位聚合物 Tm(BTC)(DMF)(DMSO), 并通过X射线单晶衍射、元素分析、热重分析、吸附测试等手段对其进行了表征.     

Preparation of a Hybrid Organic-inorganic Monolith for Extraction and Purification of Quercetin and Myricetin from Chamaecyparis obtusa

A new hybrid organic-inorganic monolithic cartridge was synthesized and used as the selective sorbent for the extraction and purification of quercetin and myricetin from Chamaecyparis obtusa via a solid-phase extraction method.The morphology of the monolithic material was examined by field emission-scanning electron microscopy and a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller（BET） test.The adsorption capacity of the obtained material for quercetin and myricetin was investigated by fitting the adsorption data to four different adsorption equations,of which the LangmuirFreundlich isotherm was selected as the most suitable model.Under optimized conditions,good calibration curves were observed at nine concentrations ranged from 0.5 μg/mL to 100.0 μg/mL of quercetin and myricetin.The extraction recovery ranged from 74.5％ to 84.6％ and the inter-and intra-day relative standard deviations were ＜6％.This type of hybrid monolith has potential for the separation and purification of bioactive compounds from natural plant extracts.