Ethane/ethene separation turned on its head: selective ethane adsorption on the metal-organic framework ZIF-7 through a gate-opening mechanism

DOI: 10.1021/ja1089765

Nov. 29, 2010

Adsorbents

Data points

# Adsorbent Gas q / mol kg⁻¹ S / mol mol⁻¹ -ΔH / kJ mol⁻¹
188 ZIF-7 Ethane/Ethene 1.75 1.4 None
220 ZIF-7 Propene/Propane 2.48 1.2 None