Separation and Purification of Hydrocarbons with Porous Materials

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    Abstract

    This Minireview focuses on the developments of the adsorptive separation of methane/nitrogen, ethene/ethane, propene/propane mixtures as well as on the separation of C8 aromatics (i.e. xylene isomers) with a wide variety of materials, including carbonaceous materials, zeolites, metal–organic frameworks, and porous organic frameworks. Some recent important developments for these adsorptive separations are also highlighted. The advantages and disadvantages of each material category are discussed and guidelines for the design of improved materials are proposed. Furthermore, challenges and future developments of each material type and separation processes are discussed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)18930-18949
    JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
    Volume60
    Issue number35
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 23 Aug 2021

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    B.M.W. acknowledges financial support from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the form of a Gravitation Program, called Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC) and the Advanced Research Center (ARC) Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (CBBC). Y.W. acknowledges support from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences for the Talent Training Project of DICP.

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    © 2021 The Authors. Angewandte Chemie International Edition published by Wiley-VCH GmbH

    Funding

    B.M.W. acknowledges financial support from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the form of a Gravitation Program, called Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC) and the Advanced Research Center (ARC) Chemical Building Blocks Consortium (CBBC). Y.W. acknowledges support from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences for the Talent Training Project of DICP.

    Keywords

    • hydrocarbon separation
    • metal–organic frameworks
    • porous materials
    • porous organic frameworks
    • zeolites

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