Selective adsorption of butenes over butanes on isoreticular Ni-IRMOF-74-I and Ni-IRMOF-74-II

Jay Thakkar, Winters Kexi Guo, Michael J. Janik, Xueyi Zhang

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Abstract

The separation of butanes and butenes using MOF-74 (with two reticular MOFs with different pore sizes, Ni-IRMOF-74-I and Ni-IRMOF-74-II) was evaluated computationally using density functional theory. We identified that C4 alkene versus alkane selectivity stems from π-d chemical interactions, whereas selectivity differences among butenes stem from steric implications.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)20599-20602
Number of pages4
JournalRSC Advances
Volume12
Issue number32
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 19 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering

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