ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Neutron Diffraction Studies of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Hydrocarbon Separations

Abstract: The research of porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) is receiving considerable attention owing to their potential for gas adsorption and separation. In particular, separation of light hydrocarbons is a highly challenging and energy-intensive industrial process. We seek to develop highly robust MOF materials as efficient hydrocarbon separation systems and request 3 days on WISH to study the preferred binding sites of adsorbed hydrocarbon molecules (C2D2/C2D4/C2D6/C3D6/C3D8) within a recently developed MOF, MFM-520. This proposed study will investigate the precise locations of light hydrocarbon molecules, defining the preferred orientation of molecules with respect to the binding sites in MFM-520. MFM-520 exhibits exceptionally high separation capacity for C2H2/C2H4/C2H6 and C3H6/C3H8 at ambient conditions with fully repeatable cycles.

Principal Investigator: Professor Sihai Yang
Experimenter: Mr Weiyao Li
Local Contact: Dr Pascal Manuel
Experimenter: Professor Sandy Blake
Experimenter: Professor Martin Schroder
Experimenter: Mr Xiangdi Zeng
Experimenter: Mr Meng He
Experimenter: Dr Wanpeng Lu
Experimenter: Dr Jiangnan Li

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1920024

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1920024

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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