Zinc-substituted ZIF-67 nanocrystals and polycrystalline membranes for propylene/propane separation

Chongqing Wang; Fan Yang; Luqian Sheng; Jian Yu; Kexin Yao; Lixiong Zhang; Yichang Pan

doi:10.1039/c6cc06457d

Zinc-substituted ZIF-67 nanocrystals and polycrystalline membranes for propylene/propane separation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Oct 18;52(85):12578-12581. doi: 10.1039/c6cc06457d.

Authors

Chongqing Wang¹, Fan Yang¹, Luqian Sheng¹, Jian Yu¹, Kexin Yao², Lixiong Zhang¹, Yichang Pan¹

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China. panyc@njtech.edu.cn.
² Advanced Membrane and Porous Materials Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

PMID: 27711315
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc06457d

Abstract

Continuous ZIF-67 polycrystalline membranes with effective propylene/propane separation performances were successfully fabricated through the incorporation of zinc ions into the ZIF-67 framework. The separation factor increases from 1.4 for the pure ZIF-67 membrane to 50.5 for the 90% zinc-substituted ZIF-67 membrane.