Efficient acetylene/carbon dioxide separation with excellent dynamic capacity and low regeneration energy by anion-pillared hybrid materials

doi:10.1007/s11705-022-2183-x

Front. Chem. Sci. Eng.

2022, Vol. 16

Issue (11) : 1616-1622 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11705-022-2183-x

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Efficient acetylene/carbon dioxide separation with excellent dynamic capacity and low regeneration energy by anion-pillared hybrid materials

Yijian Li¹, Jianbo Hu², Jiyu Cui¹, Qingju Wang¹, Huabin Xing^1,², Xili Cui^1,²(

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¹. Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Smart Biomaterials, Key Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
². ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311215, China

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Adsorptive separation of acetylene/carbon dioxide mixtures by porous materials is an important and challenging task due to their similar sizes and physical properties. Here, remarkable acetylene/carbon dioxide separation featuring a high dynamic breakthrough capacity for acetylene (4.3 mmol·g^–1) as well as an ultralow acetylene regeneration energy (29.5 kJ·mol^–1) was achieved with the novel TiF₆^2–-pillared material ZU-100 (TIFSIX-bpy-Ni). Construction of a pore structure with abundant TiF₆^2– anion sites and pores with appropriate sizes enabled formation of acetylene clusters through hydrogen bonds and intermolecular interactions, which afforded a high acetylene capacity (8.3 mmol·g^–1) and high acetylene/carbon dioxide uptake ratio (1.9) at 298 K and 1 bar. Moreover, the NbO₅^2– anion-pillared material ZU-61 investigated for separation of acetylene/carbon dioxide. In addition, breakthrough experiments were also conducted to further confirm the excellent dynamic acetylene/carbon dioxide separation performance of ZU-100.

Keywords adsorption acetylene/carbon dioxide separation dynamic capacity anion-pillared hybrid material

Corresponding Author(s): Xili Cui

Online First Date: 01 August 2022 Issue Date: 13 December 2022

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Yijian Li,Jianbo Hu,Jiyu Cui, et al. Efficient acetylene/carbon dioxide separation with excellent dynamic capacity and low regeneration energy by anion-pillared hybrid materials[J]. Front. Chem. Sci. Eng., 2022, 16(11): 1616-1622.

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Fig.1 Schematic representations of ZU-61 and ZU-100. (a) Sketch of metal node, inorganic pillar and ligand with the pyridine H atoms omitted for clarity; (b) the perspective view of the skeleton structure of ZU-61 and ZU-100; (c) the skeleton structure of ZU-61 and ZU-100 viewed along the c axis, the F–F and H–H distance of the two structures (Color code: F red; C and H gray; Ni purple; Nb and Ti cyan; O green; N blue).

Fig.2 (a) Single-component adsorption isotherms of C₂H₂ (red) and CO₂ (blue) on ZU-61 and ZU-100 at 298 K; (b) the comparison of C₂H₂ capacity and C₂H₂/CO₂ uptake ratio at 1 bar and 298 K with other materials; (c) ideal adsorbed solution theory (IAST) calculations of C₂H₂/CO₂ (50/50, v/v) adsorption selectivity for ZU-61 and ZU-100; (d) calculated C₂H₂ adsorption isotherms from C₂H₂/CO₂ (50/50, v/v) mixtures at 298 K [34–36,39]; (e) calculated isosteric heats of adsorption for C₂H₂ at different C₂H₂ loadings on ZU-61 and ZU-100; (f) the comparison of Q_st (isosteric heats of adsorption) among ZU-61, ZU-100 and other materials.

Fig.3 Experimental dynamic breakthrough curves for C₂H₂/CO₂ (50/50, v/v) separations with (a) ZU-61 and (b) ZU-100 at 298 K and 1 bar (mixed gas flow: 2 mL·min^–1); (c) the comparison of dynamic C₂H₂ capacities between ZU-61, ZU-100 and some other representative MOFs; (d) cycle breakthrough tests for C₂H₂/CO₂ (50/50, v/v) separation with ZU-61 and ZU-100.

Fig.4 Schematic pictures showing the DFT optimized (a) C₂H₂ and (b) CO₂ adsorption con?gurations and the distances between atoms in ZU-100 (Color code: F red; Ni and O purple; Nb and Ti cyan; N blue; C orange; H white).

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