Phase Change-Mediated Capture of Carbon Dioxide from Air with a Molecular Triamine Network Solid
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Klein, Ryan A.
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High-temperature carbon dioxide capture in a porous material with terminal zinc hydride sites
Carbon capture can mitigate point-source carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, but hurdles remain that impede the widespread adoption of amine-based technologies. Capturing CO 2 at temperatures closer to those of many industrial exhaust streams (>200°C) is of interest, although metal oxide absorbents that operate at these temperatures typically exhibit sluggish CO 2 absorption kinetics and instability to cycling. Here, in this study, we report a porous metal–organic framework featuring terminal zinc hydride sites that reversibly bind CO 2 at temperatures above 200°C—conditions that are unprecedented for intrinsically porous materials. Gas adsorption, structural, spectroscopic, and computational analyses elucidate the rapid, reversible nature of this transformation. Extended cycling and breakthrough analyses reveal that the material is capable of deep carbon capture at low CO 2 concentrations and high temperatures relevant to postcombustion capture.
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Low-temperature synthesis of cation-ordered bulk Zn 3 WN 4 semiconductor via heterovalent solid-state metathesis
Metathesis reactions can synthesize a semiconductor Zn 3 WN 4 from Li 6 WN 4 combined with a ZnX 2 salt (where X = Br, Cl, F).
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Adaptive Pore Opening to Form Tailored Adsorption Sites in a Cooperatively Flexible Framework Enables Record Inverse Propane/Propylene Separation
A proposed low-energy alternative to the separation of alkanes from alkenes by energy-intensive cryogenic distillation is separation by porous adsorbents. Unfortunately, most adsorbents preferentially take up the desired, high-value major component alkene, requiring frequent regeneration. Adsorbents with inverse selectivity for the minor component alkane would enable the direct production of purified, reagent-grade alkene, greatly reducing global energy consumption. However, such materials are exceedingly rare, especially for propane/propylene separation. Here, we report that through adaptive and spontaneous pore size and shape adaptation to optimize an ensemble of weak noncovalent interactions, the structurally responsive metal-organic framework CdIF-13 (sod-Cd(benzimidazolate) 2 ) exhibits inverse selectivity for propane over propylene with record-setting separation performance under industrially relevant temperature, pressure, and mixture conditions. Powder synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurements combined with first-principles calculations yield atomic-scale insight and reveal the induced fit mechanism of adsorbate-specific pore adaptation and ensemble interactions between ligands and adsorbates. Dynamic column breakthrough measurements confirm that CdIF-13 displays selectivity under mixed-component conditions of varying ratios, with a record measured selectivity factor of α ≈ 3 at 95:5 propylene:propane at 298 K and 1 bar. When sequenced with a low-cost rigid adsorbent, we demonstrated the direct purification of propylene under ambient conditions. In conclusion, this combined atomic-level structural characterization and performance testing firmly establishes how cooperatively flexible materials can be capable of unprecedented separation factors.
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Synthesis, structure and canted antiferromagnetism of layered cobalt hydroxide sorbate
Layered hybrid organic–inorganic compounds of the transition metal hydroxides, in which part of the hydroxide ions are exchanged for organic ligands that act as spacers of the 2-dimensional inorganic layers, elicit new or enhanced properties. The interlayer ligands enable fine-tuning of the physicochemical properties of the metal hydroxide layers, including their magnetism. Specifically, within the Co(OH) 2 family of transition ion hydroxides, this approach has been leveraged to stabilize antiferromagnetic and ferrimagnetic ground states for pillared and layered complexes, respectively. Here, in this work, we further investigate the effects of changing dimensionality, local Co coordination, and interlayer spacing on the magnetic ground state of brucite-like β-Co(OH) layered complexes. We report the hydrothermal synthesis of a new crystalline material, Co(OH)(sorb), where the inorganic layers are spaced by monotopic, doubly unsaturated sorbate ligands (sorb = [C 6 H 7 O 2 ] – ). The material was structurally characterized using powder X-ray and neutron diffraction measurements and the crystal structure was solved ab initio from powder diffraction data and refined using the Rietveld method. The magnetic susceptibility and magnetization measurements reveal canted antiferromagnetic ordering with T N = 41.7 K. This report augments our understanding of tuning magnetism through dimensionality in layered complexes and represents a step forward in the design of new 2D layered hybrid compounds.
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Multivariate Flexible Framework with High Usable Hydrogen Capacity in a Reduced Pressure Swing Process
Step-shaped adsorption-desorption of gaseous payloads by flexible metal-organic frameworks can facilitate the delivery of large usable capacities with significantly reduced energetic penalties. This is desirable for the storage, transport, and delivery of H 2 , as prototypical adsorbents require large swings in pressure and temperature to achieve usable capacities approaching their total capacities. However, the weak physisorption of H 2 typically necessitates undesirably high pressures to induce the framework phase change. As de novo design of flexible frameworks is exceedingly challenging, the ability to intuitively adapt known frameworks is required. We demonstrate that the multivariate linker approach is a powerful tool for tuning the phase change behavior of flexible frameworks. In this work, 2-methyl-5,6-difluorobenzimidazolate was solvothermally incorporated into the known framework CdIF-13 (sod-Cd(benzimidazolate) 2 ), resulting in the multivariate framework sod-Cd(benzimidazolate) 1.87 (2-methyl-5,6-difluorobenzimidazolate) 0.13 (ratio = 14:1), which exhibited a considerably reduced stepped adsorption threshold pressure while maintaining the desirable adsorption-desorption profile and capacity of CdIF-13. At 77 K, the multivariate framework exhibits stepped H 2 adsorption with saturation below 50 bar and minimal desorption hysteresis at 5 bar. At 87 K, saturation of step-shaped adsorption occurs by 90 bar, with hysteresis closing at 30 bar. These adsorption-desorption profiles enable usable capacities in a mild pressure swing process above 1 mass %, representing 85-92% of the total capacities. Here this work demonstrates that the desirable performance of flexible frameworks can be readily adapted through the multivariate approach to enable efficient storage and delivery of weakly physisorbing species.
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Multivariate zeolitic imidazolate frameworks with an inverting trend in flexibility
Here, through systematic linker substitution in a flexible zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) with step-shaped adsorption–desorption, structural intermediates between the known open and closed phases were isolated. Reflecting this, modulative sorption behaviour with an inverting adsorption pressure trend—in which the step pressure decreases and then increases again with increasing mixed linker concentration—is observed, highlighting how linker substitution modifies the energetic landscape of framework flexibility
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