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Integration of ordered porous materials for targeted three-component gas separation

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  • Xue Jiang

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Yu Wang

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Hui Wang

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Lu Cheng

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Jian-Wei Cao

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Jin-Bo Wang

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Rong Yang

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Dong-Hui Zhang

    (Tianjin University)

  • Run-Ye Zhang

    (Tianjin University)

  • Xiu-Bo Yang

    (Analytical & Testing Center of Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Su-Hang Wang

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Qiu-Yu Zhang

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

  • Kai-Jie Chen

    (Northwestern Polytechnical University)

Abstract

Separation of multi-component mixtures in an energy-efficient manner has important practical impact in chemical industry but is highly challenging. Especially, targeted simultaneous removal of multiple impurities to purify the desired product in one-step separation process is an extremely difficult task. We introduced a pore integration strategy of modularizing ordered pore structures with specific functions for on-demand assembly to deal with complex multi-component separation systems, which are unattainable by each individual pore. As a proof of concept, two ultramicroporous nanocrystals (one for C2H2-selective and the other for CO2-selective) as the shell pores were respectively grown on a C2H6-selective ordered porous material as the core pore. Both of the respective pore-integrated materials show excellent one-step ethylene production performance in dynamic breakthrough separation experiments of C2H2/C2H4/C2H6 and CO2/C2H4/C2H6 gas mixture, and even better than that from traditional tandem-packing processes originated from the optimized mass/heat transfer. Thermodynamic and dynamic simulation results explained that the pre-designed pore modules can perform specific target functions independently in the pore-integrated materials.

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  • Xue Jiang & Yu Wang & Hui Wang & Lu Cheng & Jian-Wei Cao & Jin-Bo Wang & Rong Yang & Dong-Hui Zhang & Run-Ye Zhang & Xiu-Bo Yang & Su-Hang Wang & Qiu-Yu Zhang & Kai-Jie Chen, 2025. "Integration of ordered porous materials for targeted three-component gas separation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-55991-y
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-55991-y
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