High-pressure low-field 1H NMR relaxometry in nanoporous materials

Carsten Horch; Stefan Schlayer; Frank Stallmach

doi:10.1016/j.jmr.2014.01.002

High-pressure low-field 1H NMR relaxometry in nanoporous materials

J Magn Reson. 2014 Mar:240:24-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.01.002. Epub 2014 Jan 20.

Authors

Carsten Horch¹, Stefan Schlayer¹, Frank Stallmach²

Affiliations

¹ University of Leipzig, Faculty for Physics and Earth Sciences, Linnstrae 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany.
² University of Leipzig, Faculty for Physics and Earth Sciences, Linnstrae 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Electronic address: stallmac@physik.uni-leipzig.de.

PMID: 24508760
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2014.01.002

Abstract

A low-field NMR sensor with NdFeB permanent magnets (B0=118 mT) and a pressure cell made of PEEK (4 cm outer diameter) were designed for (1)H relaxation time studies of adsorbed molecules at pressures of up to 300 bar. The system was used to investigate methane uptake of microporous metal-organic frameworks and nanoporous activated carbon. T2 relaxation time distribution of pure methane and of methane under co-adsorption of carbon dioxide show that the host-guest interaction lead to a relaxation time contrasts, which may be used to distinguish between the gas phase and the different adsorbed phases of methane. Adsorption isotherms, exchange of methane between adsorbent particles and the surrounding gas phase, successive displacement of methane from adsorption sites by co-adsorption of carbon dioxide and CO2/CH4 adsorption separation factors were determined from the observed NMR relaxation time distributions.

Keywords: Activated carbon; Carbon dioxide; High pressure; Low-field NMR; MOF CuBTC and ZIF-8; Methane adsorption; Relaxation time distribution.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't