Metal–Organic Framework Materials for the Separation and Purification of Light Hydrocarbons

Abstract The separation and purification of light hydrocarbons (LHs) mixtures is one of the most significantly important but energy demanding processes in the petrochemical industry. As an alternative technology to energy intensive traditional separation methods, such as distillation, absorption, extraction, etc., adsorptive separation using selective solid adsorbents could potentially not only lower energy cost but also offer higher efficiency. The need to develop solid materials for the efficiently selective adsorption of LHs molecules, under mild conditions, is therefore of paramount importance and urgency. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), emerging as a relatively new class of porous organic–inorganic…

• NN
  National Natural Science Foundation of China

  Awards: 21673120, 21531005
• NS
  Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City

  Award: 16JCZDJC36900