An ionic ultramicroporous polymer with engineered nanopores enables enhanced acetylene/carbon dioxide separation

Asif Raza; Sousa Javan Nikkhah; Lilia Croitor; Ahmed Gamal Attallah; Eric Hirschmann; Matthias Vandichel; Soumya Mukherjee

doi:10.1039/D5CC01092F

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An ionic ultramicroporous polymer with engineered nanopores enables enhanced acetylene/carbon dioxide separation†

Asif Raza,

‡^a Sousa Javan Nikkhah,

‡^a Lilia Croitor,^a Ahmed Gamal Attallah,

^bc Eric Hirschmann,

^b Matthias Vandichel

*^a and Soumya Mukherjee

*^a

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^a Department of Chemical Sciences, Bernal Institute and Research Ireland Centre for Pharmaceuticals (SSPC), University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
E-mail: Matthias.Vandichel@ul.ie, Soumya.Mukherjee@ul.ie

^b Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden – Rossendorf, Institute of Radiation Physics, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, Germany

^c Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt

Abstract

A nanopore engineering approach enhances acetylene (C₂H₂) over carbon dioxide (CO₂) selectivity in ionic ultramicroporous polymers (IUPs), an understudied class of sorbents. Extending the cationic arm of a prototypical IUP nearly doubles its C₂H₂/CO₂ selectivity from 4.9 to 8.5 (at 298 K, 1 bar), underpinned by further observations from dynamic separation experiments and bespoke computational insights.

This article is part of the themed collection: Emerging Trends in Advanced Functional Porous Materials

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01092F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 28 Feb 2025
Accepted: 26 Mar 2025
First published: 27 Mar 2025
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Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 6466-6469

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An ionic ultramicroporous polymer with engineered nanopores enables enhanced acetylene/carbon dioxide separation

A. Raza, S. J. Nikkhah, L. Croitor, A. G. Attallah, E. Hirschmann, M. Vandichel and S. Mukherjee, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 6466 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01092F

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An ionic ultramicroporous polymer with engineered nanopores enables enhanced acetylene/carbon dioxide separation†

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