1 Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Material Chemistry (MOE) and Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P. R. China. pcheng@nankai.edu.cn mvbasten@nankai.edu.cn.
A new concept has been proposed and proven through model experiments for enhancing the adsorption selectivity of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and reducing the energy cost during the activation and regeneration processes.