Part I: C2-C4 hydrocarbons separation addressed via molecular cluster models carved out from periodic MOF-74-Mg/Zn structures
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-1-2016
Department
Department of Chemistry
Abstract
Selective sorption of hydrocarbons by tunable sorbents such as metal-organic frameworks is the most promising alternative to traditional cryogenic distillation. Here, density functional theory is used to investigate the selective sorption of C2[sbnd]C4 hydrocarbons by MOF-74-Mg/Zn via periodic and molecular cluster calculations. Both methods agree in showing significant differences in binding energies between olefins and paraffins at the open metal sites of the MOF. The binding energies found using molecular cluster models, however, are significantly smaller than those obtained from the periodic approach, exemplifying the importance of fully accounting for the chemical environment experienced by the adsorbed hydrocarbons.
Publication Title
Chemical Physics Letters
Recommended Citation
Degaga, G.,
&
Valenzano, L.
(2016).
Part I: C2-C4 hydrocarbons separation addressed via molecular cluster models carved out from periodic MOF-74-Mg/Zn structures.
Chemical Physics Letters,
660, 313-319.
http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2016.08.049
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