Abstract
An improved synthesis process was developed for large-scale production of a highly porous material, denoted as Cu-BTC, where BTC denotes benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate. A series of sorption properties for nitrogen, oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, ethylene, ethane, n-dodecane, and water were studied. A detailed investigation of sorption thermodynamics was performed for carbon dioxide by a sorption-isosteric method. The experimental results show that Cu-BTC can be used for separation of gas mixtures such as carbon dioxide-carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide-methane and ethylene-ethane mixtures. In addition, air can be purified effectively from carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, high-molecular weight hydrocarbons and moisture.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 217-230 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Microporous and Mesoporous Materials |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 16 2002 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Atmospheric gases
- Gas mixtures
- Hydrocarbons
- Metallo-organic molecular-sieve synthesis
- Polymeric copper(II) benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate
- Sorption isosteres
- Thermodynamic functions for CO
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials