One-step ethylene production from a four-component gas mixture by a single physisorbent

Jian-Wei Cao; Soumya Mukherjee; Tony Pham; Yu Wang; Teng Wang; Tao Zhang; Xue Jiang; Hui-Juan Tang; Katherine A. Forrest; Brian Space; Michael J. Zaworotko; Kai-Jie Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26473-8

Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

One-step ethylene production from a four-component gas mixture by a single physisorbent

Jian-Wei Cao,
Soumya Mukherjee,
Tony Pham,
Yu Wang,
Teng Wang,
Tao Zhang,
Xue Jiang,
Hui-Juan Tang,
Katherine A. Forrest,
Brian Space,
Michael J. Zaworotko,
Kai-Jie Chen

Affiliations

Jian-Wei Cao: Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Soumya Mukherjee: Bernal Institute, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick
Tony Pham: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Yu Wang: Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Teng Wang: Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Tao Zhang: Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xue Jiang: Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Hui-Juan Tang: Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Katherine A. Forrest: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Brian Space: Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida
Michael J. Zaworotko: Bernal Institute, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick
Kai-Jie Chen: Key Laboratory of Special Functional and Smart Polymer Materials of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Xi’an Key Laboratory of Functional Organic Porous Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26473-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The purification of ethylene is an industrially relevant process. Here, the authors report the one-step separation of ethylene from quaternary gas mixtures of hydrocarbons and CO2 using a single metal–organic framework-based physisorbent.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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