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Boosting Ethylene/Ethane Separation within Copper(I)-Chelated Metal-Organic Frameworks through Tailor-Made Aperture and Specific π-Complexation.

ABSTRACT: The development of new materials for separating ethylene (C2H4) from ethane (C2H6) by adsorption is of great importance in the petrochemical industry, but remains very challenging owing to their close molecular sizes and physical properties. Using isoreticular chemistry in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) enables the precise design and construction of target materials with suitable aperture sizes and functional sites for gas separations. Herein, it is described that fine-tuning of pore size and π-complexation simultaneously in microporous copper(I)-chelated MOFs can remarkably boost the C2H4/C2H6 adsorption selectivity. The judicious choice of organic linkers with a different number of carboxyl groups in the UiO-66 framework not only allows the fine tuning of the pore size but also immobilizes copper(I) ions onto the framework. The tailor-made adsorbent, CuI@UiO-66-(COOH)2, thus possesses the optimal pore window size and chelated Cu(I) ions to form π-complexation with C2H4 molecules. It can rapidly adsorb C2H4 driven by the strong π-complexation interactions, while effectively reducing C2H6 uptake due to the selective size-sieving. Therefore, this material exhibits an ultrahigh C2H4/C2H6 selectivity (80.8), outperforming most previously described benchmark materials. The exceptional separation performance of CuI@UiO-66-(COOH)2 is validated by breakthrough experiments for 50/50 v/v C2H4/C2H6 mixtures under ambient conditions.

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