Journal
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
Volume 10, Issue 25, Pages 21612-21618Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b04931
Keywords
UiO-66; hierarchical pores; n-heptane; methyl cyclohexane; reverse shape selectivity; desorption activation energy
Funding
- Natural Science Foundation of China [51476074]
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UiO-66 (UiO for University of Oslo) is a zirconium-based metal organic framework with reverse shape selectivity, which gives an alternative way to produce high-purity n-heptane (nHEP) used for the manufacture of high-purity pharmaceuticals. A couple of studies have shown that UiO-66 gives a high selectivity on the separation of n-/isoalkanes. However, the microporous structure of UiO-66 causes poor mass transport during the desorption process. In this work, hierarchical-pore UiO-66 (H-UiO-66) was synthesized and utilized as an adsorbent of nHEP and methyl cyclohexane (MCH) for systematically studying the desorption process of n-/iso-alkanes. A suite of physical methods, including X-ray diffraction patterns, verified the UiO-66 structures, and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy showed the existence of hierarchical pores. N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms further confirmed the size distribution of hierarchical pores in H-UiO-66. Of particular note, the MCH/nHEP selectivity of H-UiO-66 is similar to that of UiO-66 under the same adsorption conditions, and the desorption process of nHEP/MCH from H-UiO-66 is dramatically enhanced; namely, the desorption rates for nHEP/MCH from H-UiO-66 is enhanced by 30%/23% compared with UiO-66 at most. Moreover, desorption activation energy (E-d) derived from temperature programmed desorption experiments indicate that the E-d for nHEP/MCH is lower on H-UiO-66; that is, the E-d of MCH on HUiO-66 is similar to 37% lower than that on UiO-66 at most, leading to a milder condition for the desorption process. The introduction of hierarchical structures will be applicable for the optimization of the desorption process during separation on porous materials.
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