Microporous metal-organic framework with dual functionalities for highly efficient removal of acetylene from ethylene/acetylene mixtures

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hu, Tong Liang ^a,b   Wang, Hailong ^b   Li, Bin ^b   Krishna, Rajamani ^c   Wu, Hui ^d   Zhou, Wei ^d   Zhao, Yunfeng ^e   Han, Yu ^e   Wang, Xue ^f   Zhu, Weidong ^f   Yao, Zizhu ^g   Xiang, Shengchang ^g   Chen, Banglin ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g FUJIAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; DICARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; TETRAZOL 1,3 BENZENEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLENE; ADSORPTION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CATALYST; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ETHYLENE; ISOTHERM; METAL; POROUS MEDIUM; SEPARATION; SOLVENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CATALYST; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROGENATION; ISOTHERM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84930678223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8328     Document Type: Article

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