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C2H4 and C2H6 adsorption-induced structural variation of pillared-layer CPL-2 MOF: A combined experimental and Monte Carlo simulation study

DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115566 DOI Help

Authors: Huan Xiang (The University of Manchester) , Joseph H. Carter (The University of Manchester; Diamond Light Source) , Chiu C. Tang (Diamond Light Source) , Claire A. Murray (Diamond Light Source) , Sihai Yang (The University of Manchester) , Xiaolei Fan (The University of Manchester) , Flor R. Siperstein (The University of Manchester)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Chemical Engineering Science

State: Published (Approved)
Published: February 2020
Diamond Proposal Number(s): 22138

Abstract: Coordination pillared-layer metal-organic frameworks (CPL-MOFs), such as CPL-2, are interesting versatile and porous materials with the potential for gas adsorption and separation. CPL-2 shows the unusual and gradual linker rotation upon the adsorption of ethylene (C2H4) and ethane (C2H6), leading to a fully reversible adsorption isotherm specifically under the conditions studied. Grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) simulations showed that it is impossible to accommodate the experimentally observed loadings of C2H4 and C2H6 in CPL-2 using the crystallographic structure reported in the literature. According to the simulation findings, the pore expansion might be initiated by the clockwise 4,4′-bipyridine (bpy) pillar linker rotation. The pillar rotation leads to the enlarged pore volume, rendering additional adsorption sites, which are not present in the pristine structure. In situ synchrotron PXRD experiments for C2H4 and C2H6 adsorption on CPL-2 confirmed the occurrence of pore expansion in CPL-2 MOF. The combined experimental and simulation study shows for the first time that the linker rotation in CPL-2 can result in a adsorption isotherm without hysteresis. This work developed a real insight into the nature of pillared-layer MOFs, and the revealed structural changes could be potentially exploited to enhance alkene and alkane working capacities of such microporous materials.

Journal Keywords: CPL-2 MOF; C2H4C2H6; Adsorption; Linker rotation; Pore expansion

Diamond Keywords: Gas Separation

Subject Areas: Chemistry, Materials


Instruments: I11-High Resolution Powder Diffraction

Added On: 12/02/2020 09:35

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Chemistry Materials Science Chemical Engineering Engineering & Technology Metal-Organic Frameworks Metallurgy Organometallic Chemistry

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