High performance gas adsorption and separation of natural gas in two microporous metal–organic frameworks with ternary building units†
Abstract
Two novel MMOFs, JLU-Liu5 and JLU-Liu6, are based on ternary building units and exhibit high adsorption selectivity for CO2, C2H6 and C3H8 over CH4, which is attributed to steric effects and host–guest interactions. These MMOFs are promising materials for gas adsorption and natural gas purification.